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Word: lot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sirs: What's this I hear about your being on the air only one night a week? The half hour part is fine, but the once-a-week part takes a lot of joy out of life. If you only knew what a body blow it is to lose this splendid program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 9, 1936 | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...business." Thousands of subsequent Foolish Questions were published, followed by I'm the Guy, an equally celebrated series. Sometimes as sardonic as his cartooning idol, San Francisco's salty Thomas Aloysius ("Tad") Dorgan, Rube Goldberg fathered in his drawings such sayings as "It's a lot of baloney!" "Now that you've got it, what are you going to do with it?" and "They all look good when they're far away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lala Palooz | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...director to ask him for a job. He gave up waiting and took to the greasepaint road as Chic Sale's publicity manager. Years later Nick was directing Joan Crawford in a picture. One of the extras was the once-famous director. Grinde is now on the Warner Brothers lot and you may have seen his latest, Public Enemy's Wife...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHTED | 11/7/1936 | See Source »

...sneers Andy. "It's one of these here buildings before they come along and cover up the steel with a lot of crap." The role of Andy is capably played by William Haade, 33, who before his appearance in Iron Men never set foot on a stage in his life. Mr. Kaade is a crack steelworker. Boss of his gang, he put up steel on Manhattan's Barbizon-Plaza and Pierre Hotels, Farmer's Loan & Trust Co., and Bank of Manhattan buildings. River side Church, Lincoln Hospital. He is a member of the International Association of Bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 2, 1936 | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...takes a lot to make a Harvard man weep, drunk or sober, and there were some of each crying when the final whistle blew. We hope that Harlow never leaves Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off Key | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

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