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Word: misses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that night a dog ran over it with its muddy feet. [Here the President began to grin.] When she saw what was done she sat down and didn't cry a bit. All she said was, 'Ain't it queer that he didn't miss nothin?' That was true greatness, but it is only people who have done washing that know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Attack at Arthurdale | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...Jane Dahlman (Smith College '35, cum laude), is the daughter of Lawyer Louis A. Dahlman of Milwaukee. Her mother was a Chicago Cudahy, daughter of Patrick, of the packing family, sister of John, who now functions as U. S. Minister to the family's native Ireland. When Miss Dahlman left two months ago to visit Uncle John in Dublin, no one suspected that "Honest Harold" Ickes would slip away to marry her. But slip he did and very proud he was, too, of the slick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Civil Servant's Romance | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...MISS YOUR BABY? (Count Basie; Decca). Blues displaying the extraordinary rhythmic talents of the No. 1 black band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: June Records | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Concluding on a note of brimming optimism, Miss Madden states that "future Radcliffe athletes should present a smooth appearance on any field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Athletes Have to Sacrifice Traditional Bloomers---Adopting Pleated Shorts with Zippers | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

...these get-away-from-it-all stories in which Katherine Hepburn is the black sheep of a millionaire's family while her narrow-minded sister is engaged to an up-and-coming son of a grocery man (Cary Grant). The part of Linda is just made for Miss Hepburn, who turns in a delightful and talented performance. Cary Grant is adequate while Edward Everett Horton shoulders the burden of the comic entertainment. Despite the efforts of each member of the cast, however, the whole effect is not convincing and wavers uncertainly between seriousness and humor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

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