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Word: lowing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...faint signs of improvement on the international horizon last week. The week-end trouble in Czechoslovakia (see p. 22) was not likely to dampen determined British optimism and Britain was more than likely not to do any more than protest against another partition of the country. The British low-down on Germany last week was that the Nazis were having such a tough time with economic problems that they could scarcely plan an "adventure" soon. Similarly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Peace Week | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...Westerns have always been a Hollywood staple. Lately, partly because of the success of Gene Autry and the Hopalong Cassidy series, partly because there is no other type of picture calculated to give so little offense to foreign countries, they have enjoyed a spectacular renaissance. Minor producers who make low-budget Westerns in dozen lots are turning out more than ever. Major producers, inclined to disdain Westerns for the past few years, have not only resumed making them but promoted them to high production budgets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Captain Greenhood, meeting little competition in the one-meter dive, took the low board title easily with 113.6 points. Jack Keating, of Columbia finished second with 94.4, and Chet Sagenkahn, of the Crimson was third with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cutler Breaks Record in 440 as Greenhood Takes Diving Crown | 3/18/1939 | See Source »

With Ulen's swimmers doing their best, it is possible that they may elect as many as five crowns. Greenhood, last year's titleholder in both the high and low board events, is favored to win again, especially because his toughest opponents will not be competing this year...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: SIX MEN COMPETE FOR TANK TITLES | 3/17/1939 | See Source »

...universally deplored fact that although radio is fast approaching technical perfection, the level of material sent through this new medium is despicably low. Chiefly because of restrictions imposed by advertisers, radio to date has produced few programs of any cultural value whatsoever. To give the devil his due, classical music has never before been so widely disseminated, but in general, program directors seem to assume, a priori, that the average listener's intelligence is little above the ten-year age level. As a result instead of making even a feeble effort to improve the average mind, the guiding hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHOP TALK | 3/16/1939 | See Source »

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