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Word: penned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Died. Fannie Coddington Browning, 83, U. S.-born daughter-in-law of Poet Robert Browning; in London. She married Robert Wiedemann Barrett ("Pen") Browning in 1887, left him six years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 30, 1935 | 9/30/1935 | See Source »

Born near Geneva, Marat was the son of a poor chemist. He studied medicine in Scotland, became expert in several languages, took up science. Fearless, bitter, he possessed a quick, vivid pen, turned it to account, after the overthrow of the French monarchy, with violent and inflammatory pamphlets. He gradually became powerful as a spokesman for the extreme Left, the "true type," according to Joseph Shearing, "of the low agitator of the Paris gutters." Terribly ugly, 5 ft. tall but with an enormous head, he suffered with eczema so badly that it was commonly believed he had leprosy. Charlotte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bathtub Killer | 9/30/1935 | See Source »

...purposes to annex. Pretty? After the operation the musician (ably played by Colin Clive) is surprised to find his repertoire more or less limited to chopsticks, but he doesn't really catch on to what they've been doing to him until he develops an uncontrollable penchant for flicking pen-knives at people one of the murderer's old tricks. That's all the musician wants to know, and, (if it's not giving away too much) bald Dr. Gogoal gets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 9/28/1935 | See Source »

...best drawing in pencil, pen, or wash, made directly from nature, of architectural, landscape, or figure subject, by an undergraduate in any of the courses in Fine Arts during the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $5,180 IN PRIZE MONEY IS OFFERED TO SCHOLARS | 9/25/1935 | See Source »

...Fourteen veto messages skimmed from the Squire's pen denying special favors to old soldiers, Indians and others for whom the late Congress showed a weakness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Repose | 9/16/1935 | See Source »

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