Word: pocketsful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
A glider, as everyone knows, is a small, motorless, extremely light-weight airplane. It usually takes the air by coasting down a hillside to gain sufficient momentum. A more modern method is to hold the glider steady, attach to its nose a shock cord made of rubber bands. Tension is...
When Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill presented his last budget (TIME, May 3), Great Britain was on the verge of her greatest industrial travail of the present century, the vast and paralyzing general strike (TIME, May 10 et seq.) and the long drawn out nagging coal strike which began...
"You see", replied the publisher, "I don't even know how to say that correctly; but I do know how to do it; Well, to continue, I spoke French, but not in the manner of these grave gentlemen who sit down in front of a glass of water with their...
"No word painting can fit the candidate. We must incarnate the philosophy of Jefferson and the invincible courage of Jackson. The same issues exist today as when Tilden, Cleveland and Wilson were elected. The tariff then as now was building up a privileged class, With the exception that today schedules...
Other imperial gems went for as little as $290, paid for a garnet necklace with bracelets to match, on which bidding started at $25. Total sales reached $402,800. A single 48-carat oval diamond brought $57,000. The major "Crown Jewels" of the Tsars (TIME, Dec. 27) still remain...