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Word: low (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fear they might be true." When Nelson left her to save his country, he asked her to sing for him once more−and there now is heard, apparently issuing from the lips of Corinne Griffith, "You'll Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low." Except for such occasional bathos, and for an effective sound accompaniment of guns and waves, this picture is silent, and the Admiral's orders to his fleet ("England expects every man will do his duty") and his last words to his aide ("Kiss me, Hardy") are shown in written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 1, 1929 | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...materials are very well known and there has been no substantial improvement in these materials during the past thirty or forty years. Also, magnetic properties of iron and steel are very well known; although some special magnetic alloys have been developed recently which have unusually high magnetic qualities with low degrees of magnetism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineering School Engaged in Experiments on Cable Insulation | 3/30/1929 | See Source »

...roar of the ventilating apparatus in the upper lecturer room and the Library is so loud as to prove a distraction in the latter and even to drown out a low-voiced lecturer in the former, while the air in the upstairs room seems to benefit not at all from the uproar when a large course such as Fine Arts 9a is in session...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/28/1929 | See Source »

...simple: store the eggs in a place filled with a low concentration of carbon dioxide. That keeps a carbon dioxide balance within and without the eggs. Cost is 1? per case of eggs, .03? per dozen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Storage Eggs | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...York's Hotel Ambassador, last fortnight, nervous and be-spatted Publisher Harrison refused to discuss onetime Editor Frankau. He also refused to discuss the purpose of his visit to the U.S., beyond the usual foreigner's phrase: "I am studying America." But, in alternately low-voiced and explosive sentences, he was ready to speak of his fondness for golf; his many publications (including Tatler, Sketch, and Daily Chronicle); his 25 paper mills in England, Scotland, Germany; and his 1,500,000 acres of esparto grass in northern Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Britannia | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

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