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Word: raines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rain fell all night. While weeping parents tiptoed through three wards of the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, a temporary morgue, trying to identify their children, members of the Town Council met privately, voted $5,000 for a public funeral, started an investigation. At midnight a group of Paisley citizens gathered in the main square, softly sang "Auld Lang Syne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Paisley's Hogmanay | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

...knock him out. In the ninth round he knew it was all over. ". . . Something reached out of the darkness and belted him on the jaw. He felt the canvas again, but under his back this time; he heard the dim roar but it was receding now, and the rain was falling on his face. 'Nine!' Hell! Up again. Wouldn't this round never end? But somebody had him by the wrist, pulling him to his feet. The fight was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Boxer | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

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