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Word: reds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Food and drink excepted, the only non-green object to retain its true color is the red-and-yellow Shell miniature gasoline pump through which cigaret-lighter fluid is dispensed. The fluid, alas! has succumbed to the mania of the "Man in Green" (so named by Believe-It-Or-Not Ripley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 18, 1937 | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

...yesterday a pair of the shortlegged, long-bodied specie of dogs was found about Winthrop House from which they were taken to Apted's office, where they spent the day reclining on his red plush window seat. They will be returned when the owners come for them, soon, Mr. Apted hopes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO CAT YET, BUT YARD COPS TURN UP TWO DACHSHUNDS | 1/14/1937 | See Source »

Sarah wears a red collar sent to her many years ago by an admirer, which bears the inscription: "To Sarah, the College Cat, Cambridge." So if anyone finds Sarah, the Yard Cope would welcome her back with open arms; and there is a hint that a reward might be paid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARD COPS FORLORN AS SARAH FAILS TO KEEP NIGHTLY TRYST | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

...East Orange, Vt., New Year's Eve celebrants stripped Marvin Follansbee, 27, cut off his hair, painted him with red and yellow stripes. Next morning the coroner did not know whether Follansbee's death was caused by the alcohol in his brain or the paint in his pores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 11, 1937 | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Another problem is that of flakes of fire on the sun, which last only three minutes but which are 2000 miles in diameter. These have been discovered with infra-red photography which has also enabled observers to see the "red nebulae" and the Roman candles shooting out from the sun which were pictured for the first time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Most Important Astronomical Problems for the Coming Year Explained by Harvard Observatory | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

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