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Word: motor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus, spoke one day last week M. Maurice Bokanowski, Minister of Commerce and Aviation, director of the Postal Service. A few minutes later he stepped into an airplane which rose unsteadily to an altitude of 300 feet. Suddenly a sheet of flame shot from the motor. The plane crashed down in flames. Two hours later M. Bokanowski's body was extricated from the twisted steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Death of Bokanowski | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

Augustus was the first and greatest Emperor of Rome (63 B.C.-A.D. 14). He gave the world the adjective "august." It reflected his Majesty, Serenity, Power. Therefore Signor Benito Mussolini recently caused the newest and largest motor ship in the world to be christened Augustus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Top Deck Pool | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

...said William Crapo Durant, stock-market student, motor manufacturer (Durant Motors, Inc.). He was not talking about himself and he felt he had a right to talk that way about other business leaders, because he was offering $25,000 for the best plan neatly typewritten in 2,000 words and submitted before December 1 to the prize committee on the 18th Amendment, room 2401 Fisk Building, New York City, a plan, "To make the 18th Amendment effective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Plan | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

...however, know that they must put at least 1,700 pounds of pressure into each day's biting, chewing. Dr. Thomas Hartzell of Minneapolis says so. Thorough mastication requires 5,000 pounds of pressure. A person who eats properly uses enough strength daily to lift a 7-passenger motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dentists | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

Briggs Mfg. Co. (closed motor car bodies): $2,053,553 against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Profits & Losses | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

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