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Word: put (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Seattle, a onetime prosecuting attorney. Robert followed each one of his father's criminal cases with intense interest, spotting in each case the malefactor's errors which led to detection and capture. Mr. Burgunder was somewhat puzzled by this queer absorption, but not enough disquieted to put a stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Model | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...even the railroads can save the co-feature, "Let Freedom Ring," for Nelson Eddy and Crew can't even reach the standards that put over "Dodge City" and "Union Pacific." Nelson Eddy is given a fine build up as the tough hombre who K. O.'s Victor McLaglen and drinks every member of the graduating class of the Harvard Law School under the table with case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/11/1939 | See Source »

...clan drive Buicks. All have bridge and golf as hobbies. The four who work in the Chicago plant drive there together, arriving sharply at 8:15. Seven of the brothers have two children apiece. One has three. In 25 years they have hardly ever disagreed. Says Henry proudly: "We put business ahead of profits and it worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Five Peaceful Hatters | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...getting him ?100 from the Privy Purse, thought that Joyce should show his gratitude by aiding the Allied cause. Joyce, who was under oath to the Austrians not to bear arms and is resolutely unpolitical, thought he did enough by spreading British culture. He founded the English Players and put on his play Exiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Night Thoughts | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...Well, at last I've been to Harvard," the fire chief exclaimed, discovering that the fire had been put out ten minutes before his men had arrived. After prying in the charred wood with a crowbar for several minutes, the chief led his two look-and-ladders, six fire engines, and the two police cars out of the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Department Late For Weld Fire Alarm | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

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