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Word: restful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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After that their doctors will pack George and Elizabeth off to the country for a well-won rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Here Come the British | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...Catholic Avvenire d'Italia: ["Pope Pius'] peace efforts have passed from the first to the second stage, from the motherly advice of the Church to motherly services. . . ." Said Lavoro Fascista archly: "An exalted voice has conducted rather discreet but undoubtedly efficacious diplomatic action." Together with the rest of the Italian press, it hailed a return "to the spirit of Munich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vatican v. Kremlin | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...took off for what he said (in a letter to the press) would be Mars, 51,813,800 miles away.* Near Philadelphia he alighted briefly to take on 55 gallons (which, he later explained, was to carry him beyond gravitational pull, whence he could glide the rest of the way). He took off again, headed north over a fog-blanketed Atlantic. By the time Owner Walz had raised the alarm for his $2,600, uninsured monoplane, Cheston Lee Eshleman was skittering hither & yon, munching chocolate, trying to find a hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Trip to Mars | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...bones will eventually buckle and warp, arteries will eventually harden. > About half the old people in the U. S. die from diseases of the circulatory system (hardening of the arteries, heart trouble), 12.5% from diseases of the respiratory system (pneumonia, influenza), 12.5% from cancer, 8.5% from kidney disease, the rest from diseases of the digestive system, or accidents. Prime affliction of old age is hardening of the arteries, which throws healthy, durable hearts and kidneys out of kilter, often brings about insanity and may contribute to diabetes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: For Old Folks | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...urge to return to the mise en scéne, Young Mr. Lincoln had a world première on Decoration Day in the Fox-Lincoln Theatre in Springfield. Two trainloads of guest critics, Hollywood columnists and cinema stars attended, Springfield fat-purses paid $3.30 for orchestra seats, the rest paid the usual 40?. All heard Negro Contralto Marian Anderson, hired by Producer Zanuck for $6,000, sing America. Only complaint Springfield had against the film was that Abe Lincoln arrived in Springfield not on muleback, but on horseback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture: Jun. 12, 1939 | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

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