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Word: lost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This natural deadlock in all talks was skillfully used by Hitler who offered to give Russia her much-desired lost provinces in return...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Authority on Russia Claims England, France Antagonized Stalin by Munich Pact, Misunderstood Russian Nationalism | 10/24/1939 | See Source »

...English did not realize the great national sentiment which had recently arisen in Russia in connection with their lost provinces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Authority on Russia Claims England, France Antagonized Stalin by Munich Pact, Misunderstood Russian Nationalism | 10/24/1939 | See Source »

...Orleans, Len Eshmont (No. 1 ground gainer last year) was swamped by Tulane's smashing Green Wave-and Fordham, pre-season pride of the East, was beaten (7-to-0) by a team from the Deep South for the second week in a row (last fortnight it lost to Alabama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Backs | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...certificate of convenience and necessity it was not an airline entity, had no sales value. Loudest to shout against a certificate for Marquette was naturally Jack Frye's TWA which wanted no newcomer in the field it hoped eventually to develop. When it was granted TWA lost no time in demanding a rehearing from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Dudes' Deal | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...World War II began. Big carpet makers, like Bigelow-Sanford, Mohawk Carpet Mills, Alexander Smith Co., wondered where next year's carpet wool was coming from. War and embargoes had wiped out some 75% of the carpet wool supply. Meanwhile, after a deficit year in 1938 (Bigelow-Sanford lost $1,491,000, Mohawk $1,486,000), they stood to make a handsome inventory profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CROPS: Good Clip | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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