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Word: properly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the time had come when the Vicomte deserved another long holiday. He and his wife conferred as to what they should do. This time they had nine months at their disposal−obviously, the proper thing was a trip around the world. Obviously also, if you have been an ace, you understand that the majority of aeronautical accidents are the pilot's fault and that being up in the air, so long as no one is shooting at you from another plane, is as safe as being on the ground and much more pleasant. Accordingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Airy Epigram | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

Your telegram of August 17, came to the attention of the writer asking for information on our sales figure. We decided for competitive reasons it would not be proper to disclose such figures. We are sorry that it is necessary to decline the information. Anyway our sales have been so phenomenal that if we did give you the information probably half the readers would not believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 17, 1928 | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

Without a word, but flushing furiously, Wilhelm II turned and left the room. Returning an instant later, he cried: "You have shown lack of proper respect appearing before me not in uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Merciless Mackensen | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...Holt) is an engineer, though neither rod, bob nor transit appears in the Arizona locale. He abducts Judith (Nancy Carroll) because she won a bet with her cronies that she could make Engineer Randolph propose in a week. Hidden behind a window are the losing cronies who at the proper moment expose themselves, causing prodigious embarrassment to the engineer. The abduction, done in a spirit of fun and platonically, comes close to Serious Consequences when a half-breed steals both abductor's and abductee's horses in the desert. Thanks to Judith's habit of daily ablution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 17, 1928 | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...change in date: the ponies of the Argentines have been increasingly coughing, suffering from influenza and laryngitis. So afflicted, ponies become weak, nervous, unpleasantly humored. But, late last week, the condition of the Argentine mounts was improved, and it seemed certain that Sept. 22 would see fast and proper polo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Polo | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

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