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Word: maine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...main advantage of the set as I have it now," he shouted over the rumblings emerging from the knob-covered instruments that litter his desk, "is that it's transportable. I can run downstairs and pack the whole thing in my car, hitch it up to a storage battery, and serve as a highly efficient motorized radio emergency patrol...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Radio Ham Operates Own Station in Weld, and Plans to Use It in Case of Emergency | 11/29/1939 | See Source »

These questions are the main concern nowadays of dark, academically-bent Dan Golenpaul, originator of Information Please. An editorial board of Manhattan literati helps him sift them each week, picking tough ones, tossing out triteness or trouble. Current politics, controversies, affairs, etc., are generally taboo. Biblical allusions are out, too, ever since John Kieran attributed a bit of Scripture to "the Bronx version," and brought on a flood of sanctimonious protest. For a question accepted, Canada Dry pays $5, and $10 more plus the Encyclopedia Britannica if it stumps the experts. The Britannica prize was added last month. First winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Shindig | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...Browker of the Transcript: "Harvard by two touchdowns. I've seen both teams and the Crimson has a definitely superior eleven, the main reason being Captain Torbie Macdonald...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored In Ten of Eleven Sports Forecasts | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

Dancing to the smooth rhythm of Ruby Newman. In person, and the Harlem swing of Sandy Sandiford will be the main feature of the Harvard-Yale ball to be held at the Hotel Sombract tomorrow night. The proceeds of the dance will go to the Red Cross...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD-YALE BALL TO FEATURE RUBY NEWMAN | 11/23/1939 | See Source »

...week Boston's indefatigable stock company has given us s chance to see the play just as Shaw wrote it, stripped of the glitter of Leslie Howard's virtuoso film performance. The result is an interesting commentary on the claim Shaw makes of being a great playwright. While the main elements of the plot will always be good theatre, there is more than an indication that the social satire he weaves into his plays will have to be freely adapted for every succeeding decade. And yet, even if Shakespeare played straight straight may be timeless, Shaw in any form will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/22/1939 | See Source »

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