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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pozna?: posh-nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Grey Friday | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

...which has no equivalent in England. This does not inconvenience Gracie Fields who prefers to live in a style more in keeping with her humble origins. In London, her most ostentatious possession is a red brick house on Finchley Road. She sold her Rolls-Royce because "it was too posh for me,'' rides in a Buick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 18, 1938 | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

...letters P-R-A-Y stood for Powerful Radiograms Always Yours. Without ever holding a salaried position, Frank Buchman all this time roamed the world sleeping in the homes of the rich or in luxury hotels. Said this Anglicized Pennsylvanian: "Why shouldn't we stay in 'posh' hotels? Isn't God a millionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Men, Masters & Messiahs | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

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