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Word: losings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wrestler's Lose to Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWIMMERS, BOXERS BEAT PRINCETON | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...warm, saturated air rises, it cools at an average of 3 1/2 degrees per 1000 feet. At 5000 feet, the height to which Professor Brooks estimates the air is forced, this cooling process would cause it to lose half its moisture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIXTURE OF COLD AND WARM AIR CAUSES FLOOD | 1/27/1937 | See Source »

...assistant whips to help keep the 332 Democrats of the House in order. Rules given the subwhips: Four of them must be on the floor of the House at all sessions; all of them when important measures are under consideration; they must shush the Majority whenever it threatens to lose its dignity, become loud and boisterous; must forewarn the leaders of revolts brewing; must keep Democrats from signing petitions to discharge unwelcome bills from committees; must, above all, not allow the formation of blocs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Work Done, Jan. 25, 1937 | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

...been no warning, but the ten passengers were strapped to their seats ready for the landing at Burbank. As Passenger Arthur Robinson recalled: "Suddenly the plane began to drop-drop. Then there was a terrible crash. My seat belt kept me in my seat. I didn't lose consciousness, but my leg and side hurt. I guess I was about the only one that wasn't knocked out." Passenger Robinson set off alone down the snow-spattered mountain, managed to stagger four miles to the Olive View Sanitarium despite a broken ankle. Inmates there had heard the impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Wreck and Radio | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

...ball games. Last year it is supposed to have grossed about $8,000,000 on these items alone. Last summer Rock-Ola, which had acquired patents on the coin phonograph from the old Deca-Disc Co., sued Wurlitzer for patent infringement. If this case goes against it, Wurlitzer may lose $1,000,000 in damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Nickel Games | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

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