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Word: rans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Friday,? Oct. 28, Turks must remain indoors for a national counting of heads?so ran the fiat of the Ghazi, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, President of the Turkish Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Census | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...rode on horseback for the better part of two days to the dread hamlet. There he received a great welcome. Never, in the en tire history of the colony, had a sovereign been so bold. Advancing through the street, the King was suddenly confronted by a leper, who ran out from a nearby building. Leering, his evil, malicious-looking face contorted in an ugly menace, he held out an infected hand for the King to grasp. Alfonso, blanching, hesitated, re coiled, then stepped forward and shook him warmly by the hand. For days after, it is recorded, he soaked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Regatta | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, the contest for the famed Davis Cup stood even with two matches for the U. S. and two for France after William T. Tilden II had lost to Rene Lacoste 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Out ran William Johnston, famed Davis Cup defender, only hope of the U. S. team. He would show that U. S. stamina could whip French flabbiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Germantown | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...other bracket of the semi-finals Tilden and Hunter were careless in the first set, lost it 5-7 to John Hennessey, Indianapolis, and Lucien Williams, Chicago. Tilden and Hunter tightened up, ran the match out easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Men's Doubles | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...driver jumped down, ran over to Frey, shouted: "Oh, it's all right is it? Well I don't think it is!" punched August Frey's nose so hard that August Frey fell flat again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 12, 1927 | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

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