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Word: needlessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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FROM a war-fearful and hastily rearming England comes a vividly engrossing account of the last world conflict. Recording the struggle from purely a military standpoint, Captain Hart devotes himself mainly to a demonstration of the follies and mistakes of Allied and German generals with the attendant needless loss of life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 2/15/1939 | See Source »

This gag got by every one in the Studio, who apparently knew as little about cornuto as I did, and would have appeared in our finished picture but for your illuminating article. Needless to say, if this had happened, the film would have got loud, unwanted laughs in Mexico, South America and Italy and would have aroused the censors. We passed the information along to the Hays office, incidentally, and they were very glad to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 23, 1939 | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

Excuse: "You would do well to have New York City printed under your street address. When writing to you last November, my eye was caught by the word Pennsylvania and I addressed the envelope to that town. Needless to say, it was returned here marked 'unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Message to Mercury | 6/13/1938 | See Source »

While Secretary of State Cordell Hull was last week, as usual, doing his best to avoid stirring up needless international and internal bickerings of any sort (see above), Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring was giving the Chamber of Commerce of the United States his views on "National Defense." Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: History Lesson | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...both participants and audience, and the talent that was demonstrated, a class play seems desirable. It will give the Freshmen a chance to work informally with each other, and at the same time will allow ability not revealed by the Amateur Hour to make itself felt. It is needless to point out the various fields of activity offered by a dramatic production, to be written by members of the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/23/1938 | See Source »

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