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Word: mouthing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Charles Forepaugh, 91, of West Berlin, N. J., oldtime circus man (Fore-paugh's Aggregation, Forepaugh & Sells Bros.), "first trainer to place his head in a lion's mouth" (1874); in West Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, left his cigarets and matches at a Londonderry colliery pit mouth, put on overalls, descended torch in hand to the lowest coal seam. Said he to the miners: "I was born a monarch not because I chose to be but because it had to be. It is as necessary for me to work as it is for any other man. Your Prince of Wales and I are workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...rather than flattering graces to the canvas. Sensing something prisoned about Director Cruze-perhaps the restriction of raw, vital Cruze talents by the commercial requirements of cinemaland-he painted Director Cruze behind bars. Said Mr. Cruze: "I was the most surprised man in the world when I saw it. Mouth like a gargoyle, face like a frog, it made me look like an Apache or something worse. I told Decker I wouldn't accept it. I told him I wanted a portrait, not a funny picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Cruze Sues | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

...gathered in Detroit and along its rum- reeking river some 400 Dry agents. In the face of this new Prohibition drive Archibald Eugster, 21, with three companions, loaded 35 cases of Canadian liquor for which they paid $1,258, into their speed boat and started across. At the mouth of the River Rouge a Customs boat gave chase. Ten cases were jettisoned without widening the gap between the two boats. The rum-runners beached their craft, took to their heels. Customs Inspector Jonah Cox landed, stood guard over the liquor while his comrade went back to headquarters for assistance. Eugster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Line of Duty | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

This is the mouth-filling song

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Too Fond of Dingo | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

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