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Word: occasional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Navy boats had jumped their opponents on the start in every race previously; but on this occasion Harvard, at 41 during the first minute, got off to a beautiful start and stuck right with the other two eights.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVY CREWS GAIN THREE VICTORIES IN ADAMS RACES | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

Surprisingly enough, the South was first in appointing a day for decorating the graves of soldiers who gave their lives in the Civil War. The Grand Army of the Republic, under its commander-in-chief, General John A. Logan, followed up the idea, and chose May 30, 1868 as the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT PRICE GLORY | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

Shrewdest of all were the advertising directors of United Kingdom Tobacco Co., makers of "Grey's" cigarets, a somewhat swank but inexpensive brand. In 48 hours London newspapers appeared with quarter and half-page advertisements flaunting largely the company's new slogan: "The Fleet is All Lit Up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Naval Occasion | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

Even without Commander Woodrooffe, the review that took place earlier that day was a naval occasion no Briton should forget. Between Portsmouth on the Hampshire shore and the green Isle of Wight lie the most famed yachting waters in the world. Here in a carefully marked out area of 24...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Naval Occasion | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

In Manhattan, Mary Jane Swank, 18, who performs with her twin sister Jean in a dance team, sued Harry Brown Cook III, 21, for divorce. She complained that since he moved in to live with the Swanks, "on more than one occasion Mr. Cook made a mistake as to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 31, 1937 | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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