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Word: owens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Suddenly last fall one studio took the offensive. Dust-collecting for nearly a year on the shelves at Warner Brothers had been Owen Davis' play Jezebel, a drama of moss-hung New Orleans, spiced with the vixenry of a high-spirited, imperious Southern belle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Popeye the Magnificent | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

...group may also recall that in 1923 six prominent playwrights, among them Owen Davis and Edward Childs Carpenter, set up in business for themselves, as Dramatists' Theatre, Inc. Two-and-a-half years later Dramatists' Theatre, Inc. quietly folded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Playwrights, Inc. | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...election yesterday Lupien becomes the first Harvard man since George Owen ten years ago to captain two Varsity teams. In addition to playing two seasons on the basketball five, he is captain of the baseball nine in his Junior year after playing one season as first baseman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERMEN ELECT THREE LEADERS OF TEAMS FOR 1938-9 | 3/16/1938 | See Source »

...President Roosevelt's first appointee to the U. S. Supreme Court was (1 Louis D. Brandeis, 2 Benjamin N. Cardozo, 3 Owen J. Roberts, 4 Hugo Black, 5 Willis Van Devanter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...captain of the Yardling nine last season, Bob Fulton attracted considerable notice. His hitting and catching ability make him a strong contender for the position left vacant by the graduation of Al Colwell and Frank Owen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTERY ASPIRANTS TO REPORT FOR PRACTICE | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

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