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Word: puglies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...definitely Republican party of Premier Don Diego Martinez Barrios grew nervous as it began to seem that the women's vote might give victory to extreme Right parties loyal to "His Most Catholic Majesty." As tension grew the Mayor of Badajos was stabbed to death by poll pug-uglies, but not until he had fired his pistol several times, accidentally wounding a woman and child. In Madrid a pack of Socialists shouting "Kill the traitor!" chased for blocks a man who had cried "Long live the King!" He finally escaped into the Ministry of Public Works where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Landslide to the Right | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

Beneath its crop of curly reddish hair the round pug-nosed face of Senator Huey Pierce ("Kingfish") Long of Louisiana glared pugnacious defiance across the Senate Chamber at Virginia's famed Carter Glass. The bill that "won't go through before March 4" was Senator Glass's to revamp the Federal Reserve system. Senator Long, opposed to its branch banking features, was out to talk it to death. He waved his arms in mighty circles. He bludgeoned the Senate with loud arrogant words. He drove most of his colleagues from the Chamber in utter disgust. But almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Long Loud Long | 1/23/1933 | See Source »

Notre Dame thrashed Northwestern 21 to 0. On the first kickoff, George Melinkovich made the longest run of the week, 98 yd. for a touchdown. Added misfortune for Northwestern was what happened to its amiable, hard-plunging halfback. Ernest ("Pug") Rentner; he broke a rib in the first quarter, found out about it at the half. McGuire of Wisconsin caught the kick-off and scuttled 85 yd. to a touchdown. Minnesota tied the score. Wisconsin got -another touchdown. Minnesota matched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At College | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

...Minneapolis, Northwestern's Right Halfback Pug Rentner ran into Minnesota's Left Halfback Pug Lund, who passed to Tenner for a touchdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 7, 1932 | 11/7/1932 | See Source »

Michigan and Northwestern, tied for the Big Ten championship in 1926. 1930, 1931, had not played each other since 1925 until last week. At Ann. Arbor Northwestern's huge-pawed, plunging halfback Pug Rentner fumbled better than he plunged. His first fumble gave Michigan the chance for its first touchdown, three minutes after the game started. While Northwestern scored once, Michigan passes got another touchdown, and Michigan's best passer, Harry Newman, made a 52-yd. run, kicked a field goal that would have been convenient if Northwestern fourth-quarter march had not stalled on Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Oct. 17, 1932 | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

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