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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is trouble brewing over it. Recently the President offered to suspend judgment (and work) on part of the project (TIME, Sept. 23). The trouble brewing is the objections of landowners along the Boeuf and Atchafalaya Rivers. These are two subtributaries of the Mississippi which run practically parallel to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Warrior-Engineer | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

No. 1. It was a dark night 26 miles off New York and the 63 ton motorship Shawnee, bound from Bermuda to Halifax in ballast, plowed through the seas. The Canadian ensign flew at her masthead; all lights were showing. Suddenly out of the darkness streaked a little U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Two Stories | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

No. 2. It was a dark night, near Ambrose Light Ship and Coast Guard boat No. 145 sighted with her searchlight a small boat which appeared to be a U. S. vessel running without lights. The name upon her stern was covered by a canvas. Toot, toot, toot, went the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Two Stories | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

From here on it was merely a succession of passes, laterals, and runs by the first team, that had the helpless seconds completely bewildered. The Batch-elder-to-Mays lateral pass combination was good for two touchdowns, while White and Newhardt both tore off 50 yard runs for touchdowns, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST ELEVEN RUNS THROUGH SCRUBS IN LONG SCRIMMAGE | 9/28/1929 | See Source »

2. The adventurers--those who long to be off to explore the material world, in airplanes, sailboats, and dog sleds, following the four winds, and sitting beside each of the seven seas.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean William I. Nichols Writes in Atlantic Monthly on the Convention of Going to College | 9/28/1929 | See Source »

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