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Word: portlands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cruise three score students from the University, Yale, Georgia Tech, and Northwestern University embarked on the U. S. S. Wyoming June 14 for a three weeks journey along the Atlantic coast. The trip included stops at cities as far south as Charleston and as far north as Portland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD GROUP TAKES THIRD R. O. T. C. CRUISE | 9/27/1928 | See Source »

...GRIFFITH Operating staff, Merchants Exchange Marine Radio, Portland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 24, 1928 | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...very old and broken-down horse attracted the attention of Winifred, Duchess of Portland, in London some months ago. Touched by the creature's piteous air, Her Grace bought it on the spot. Last fortnight she displayed it to her royal house guests, who beheld a nag still old, but now sleek and roly-poly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Best Butter | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

Ordinarily the King's note to His Grace of Portland would not have been made public; but in this instance Royalty was not merely entertained in private but publicly welcomed by the good people of Nottinghamshire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Best Butter | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

Upon the claims of cigaret makers that smokers know their favorite brands by taste, research from Reed Institute at Portland, Oregon, last week, cast doubt. P. Lorillard Tobacco Co. (Old Gold) in particular has been illustrating its extensive advertisements with photographs of famed persons choosing Old Golds while blindfolded from among other brands. Reed Institute laboratory tests by one Louis Goodman, graduate student, however, show that only once in nine times on the average does one recognize his favorite cigaret whether he is blindfolded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Smokers Ignorant | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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