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Word: propsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The full tide of 1918 swirled in around the props of royalty and rotted out the pediments of thrones. While monarchs trailed off into exile, their kingdoms passed away. And now with the ebb tide of 1932, it has become apparent that not even the quicksands of democracy have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOLTAIRE HAD A WORD FOR IT | 1/27/1932 | See Source »

Perhaps no city in America today presents so pitiful a spectacle of collapse as does Chicago. A few years ago it was a prosperous, arrogant and supremely lawless city, unashamed of its past, confident of the future. The beginnings of decline which were evident even then, were ignored by both...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUDGMENT DAY IN CHICAGO | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

Klein, Ames, and Goddard are regarded as the strongest props of the teams. Klein went through last season's meets undefeated until he reached the National Intercollegiates. Ames was the acknowledged star of the Freshman matmen, winning all his bouts, and Goddard is a grappler with an excellent year of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD MATMEN ENTER BOUTS AS UNDERDOGS | 12/18/1931 | See Source »

Slice of Sweetness. That Phillips Lord's program is an adroit combination of tasteful humor and genuine piety, few observers have denied. Proof of its genuineness appeared when Seth Parker and his troupe went touring-from Buffalo early last month, continuing in Colorado. Utah, Oregon and California last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Saintly Picnic | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

With too many props kicked out from under them, Chancellor Schober and his remaining cabinet ministers resigned. Soon afterward, Monsignor Seipel was announced at Oslo to have taken airplane for Vienna. Meanwhile President Wilhelm Miklas of Austria had asked Seipel Disciple Vaugoin to try and form a cabinet.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Success for Seipel | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

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