Word: periodical
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Black rallied in the second period to take the lead under the inspirational drive of Bob Dougherty who tallied seven field goals and one foul for a total of 15 points during the game. Little Whitie Mischo, who caused so much trouble in the last encounter with the Quaker team, again was a thorn in the Feslermen's side hitting the hoop with 11 markets...
After TIME began publishing they took turns editing and managing business affairs, each for a several months' period...
During the waiting period, speculators taking the hint tentatively bid up commodities and stocks. When the day of the event arrived, the press, 125 strong, trooped into the President's oval office; they found it rigged up, as one reporter murmured sotto voce, like a college course in Economics 2A. At his desk sat the President, jovial as ever. Behind him was an easel stacked with charts. 'Primly erect, like a visiting professor, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau sat at one side, flanked by James Roosevelt, Charles Michelson, Steve Early, Marvin Mclntyre and the usual Secret Service...
...figures put forward showed a four percent increase in automobile deaths during 1937, but it was pointed out that there has been an eight percent increase in auto travel during the same period which more than accounts for the increase in deaths. There were approximately 270 billion miles of auto travel in 1937 an increase of 20 billion over 1936 which makes the four percent increase in deaths not so discouraging...
Blaring a welcome period to the weary era of super-colossal musical films, "The Goldwyn Folliers" turns out to be one of those movies which is significant not only for what "couth" Samuel Goldwin has put into the show which bears his name, but also for what he leaves out--namely, a plot. Rows of chorus girls, silvery glitter, and shiny floors are here replaced by the ballet and the opera, both excellently handled. Added to this are Charlie McCarthy, making his full-length movie debut, and the whacky Ritz Brothers, who, as usual, hold their own on the comedy...