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Word: mothered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remained a Victorian. Tall, with a changeless hat crowning her changeless pompadour, she bears a striking resemblance to Britain's Dowager Queen Mary. When Edward VIII, then visiting Washington as Prince of Wales, was ushered into her presence, he exclaimed, "Good Lord-there's Mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Hungry and Naked | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...Withdraw aid gradually, let child realize he is doing it himself. (Mother soft-pedaled her urgings, beamed confidently. At length, in his own good time, Junior laughed, seized the cup, drained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Orange Juice | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

This Uncle Don is the famous, wheezing, wheedling radio character whose sales approach is celebrating children's birthdays over the air. Those he is unable to mention he sometimes calls personally on the telephone. After service like that kids will do anything, even to calling Mother out of the kitchen to hear what Uncle Don has to say about Wesson Oil. In WOR's area, some 25% of all radios are traditionally tuned to Uncle Don at 6 p. m. E. S. T. In the last nine years the Greenwich Savings Bank in Manhattan opened 35,000 Uncle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Snork, Punk | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...piano standing on his head, he became Don Carney, the Trick Pianist of vaudeville. He got into radio 14 years ago. One day, on a half-hour's notice, he was assigned to do a children's program. Up at the microphone he just thought of mother, and from then on everything was Jake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Snork, Punk | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Since the death of his mother, and father when he was young, Baker has been living with his aunt, Miss Mary Baker, who, though an American citizen, has done much travelling abroad. Because of this, Baker received most of his formal education in France and feels an equal loyalty for both France and the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOPHOMORE WILL BATTLE IN MAGINOT LINE WITH LEGION | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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