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Word: restlessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...soap before he had a name,* William Lever had a registered name (Sunlight) before he had the soap. By 1888 he was breaking ground for Port Sunlight, the first of his countless adventures in "enlightened self-interest." The biggest was his Congo adventure into which, in his restless search for raw materials, he plunged in 1910. He acquired from Belgium millions of acres of palm-fertile jungle which the late great imperialist King Leopold II had opened for exploitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Soap & Soap v. Soap | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

...sides with the business as against the governmental executive : "The man ager's restless pillow has done more to advance the practical arts than all the legislation upon the statute books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Yes, No, Perhaps | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

...Colors, Composer Schwartz and Lyricist Dietz have been recognized by Tin Pan Alley as a top-notch songwriting team. When they work on a show, they hire a hotel room, stay in it until the show is ready for rehearsal. They refer to typical musicomedy songs in jargon: a "restless" ("Moanin' Low"), a "Columbus" ("I Found A Million Dollar Baby"), a "Hoover" ("Just Around A Corner"). The coat, vest and pants of a song are its verse, transition and chorus. Dietz-Schwartz songs ("Something to Remember You By," "Dancing in the Dark," "Shine on Your Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Radio Musicomedy | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...went George and Marina. Correspondents who followed them into the Balkans were stood off by Inspector Evans with lavish treats of Serbian beer. He made copy with such jokes as "Now there, keep away. I have a policeman stationed behind every tree. No photographs!" When the correspondents grew restless Major Humphrey Butler. Adjutant to Prince George, joined Inspector Evans in describing at length the prowess of His Royal Highness. "He can outwalk either of us," they said. "Once the Prince climbed to Prince Paul's hunting hut in an hour and 45 minutes. Even the native mountaineers consider it good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Court Circular | 9/10/1934 | See Source »

...104° produces heat strokes if the individual's heat control system fails to operate efficiently. American Radiator Co., which has gone into temperature control scientifically, finds that a normal human being in good health can stand 157° with 15% humidity up to 45 minutes. Thereafter the man becomes irritable, restless and drowsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hot Times | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

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