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Word: overent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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*Editor-in-Chief Hans Fritsche of the Nazi broadcasting services frothed at the mouth in German for 13 minutes over the German air replying to Mr. Churchill's claim of a scoreless week for the U-boats. Excerpt:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: This Pest | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

When a citizen of London hears stealthy footsteps in his pantry, finds his drawing room in flames, or stumbles over a body on the stairs, he knows precisely what to do. He picks up the nearest telephone, dials 999, and waits for help to come. For number 999 on London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: 999 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Two days earlier London's press campaign against Perth Control (TIME, Sept. 25) had come to a climax when the Evening Standard printed an editorial in which it accused the Ministry of harboring political jobholders without news experience. Said the Standard: "It is staffed to capacity three or four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: 999 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Compared with what was coming, the opening shots were almost idyllic. Beside savagely marching, stiffly saluting Nazis, Fascists, Reds, the blotchy, jerky old jingo shots from World War I looked like throw-backs to a simpler, sweeter time. Beside tough Dictators Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, the sword-rattling Kaiser and autocratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revival: Oct. 9, 1939 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

When big-time Swindler Paul Reynard (Basil Rathbone) muffs that million-pound loan in London, his fussy French creditors threaten him with jail. Without batting a basilisk eye or ruffling a hair over his sinister profile, Swindler Paul explains to them that he forged the securities they hold for his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 9, 1939 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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