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Word: parred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...broadcasting). The dramatic material should be artistically equivalent at least to a Grade B movie, and the problem of scaring up enough of it to run even one television station all year round is fairly staggering. The live drama now being put out by NBC is about on a par with an early Biograph Film, minus Mary Pickford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Television | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...them hard and impervious to bacteria and bits of food which cause decay. Malnutrition is one of the factors which disturbs this protective activity of the dental lymph. Therefore, to keep teeth sound, general good health is as important as brushing the teeth. But especially if health is below par, then it is very important to keep mouth and teeth clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dental Lymph | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

Donahue was outstanding for his versatility par excellence. He won both hurdles, gained second place in the broad jump, and was third in the pole vault and the hundred yard dash. His five places netted 15 points. Rolla Campbell squeezed out a first in the quarter-mile, and then won his specialty, the half-mile, in the easy time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Wins Track Meet With Sprints and Hurdles | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...London suburb last week, on the eve of his 70th birthday, Scotsman Sandy Herd, onetime (1902) British Open golf champion, became the hero of the $5,000 Rickmansworth Open, when he scored a 67, six under par, in the second round. His 30 for the first nine holes set a new record for major British tournaments, but Oldster Herd had to be content with 19th place (288) at the end of the tournament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Iron Legs | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...expatiating on a play he had just seen, apparently against his will, at the Bayes Theatre. The play, it seemed, dealt with Harvard men, and this stalwart son of Columbia (Class of 1921) was venting his spleen by mild witticisms on the Mother of American Education and Endowed College par excellence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 4/27/1938 | See Source »

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