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Word: nextly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Admiral Graf Spee, pocket battleship, 10,000 tons, last word in naval power for its size, was ready. But not for what happened next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Pocket into Pocket | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Spee was not without success. She gave Exeter an awful raking-practically demolished her superstructure, and blew one turret to bits. Finally she got at Exeter's vitals, crippled her speed, so that Exeter fell out. It was 10 o'clock. The battle was four hours old. Next for the light pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Pocket into Pocket | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...Daisy with members of the audience, up rose Al Smith to tread a measure with alacrity and abandon, drew a storm of applause for being both a good boompser and a good sport. A little later Funnyman Robert Benchley was presented with a live chicken, Little-Man-What-Next Billy Rose with a child's potty-chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Explosion in Manhattan | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...Maximum presidential term in most Catholic colleges is six years. Father O'Hara has served five and a half at Notre Dame, last week announced his resignation next month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Consistory | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

From Lisbon, Portugal, World's Fairer Grover Whalen embarked for the U. S. after a three-month European tour to shore up his next year's show with foreign expositionists. Said Salesman Whalen: "My visit was satisfactory. I believe I can say all countries I visited will reopen their pavilions at the World's Fair, as well as Poland and Czecho-Slovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 25, 1939 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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