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Word: returned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...what they said was acute sore throat and inflamed lymph glands in his right leg. The General, the doctors added, could not be expected to recover amid all the noise and excitement of Nürnberg, so they bundled him into a quiet village overnight, then allowed him to return to Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: At Nurnberg | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...their special fields; third month will be a training cruise. Graduates are not guaranteed jobs and are not expected to be officer material at the end of their 90 days of general seamanship instruction, but they will receive certificates, ratings, the right to wear special insignia, the right to return for brushing-up courses later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Seamen's Seminar | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...concrete, the fourth is of wire netting to protect the spectators from a ball that travels 100 miles an hour. Object of the game is to scoop the ball (either in the air or on first bounce) as it bounds off the front wall, and, in a split second, return it so that it will be in a difficult position for the opposing player (or players) to catch. Points are scored in the same manner as tennis or handball. Winning score varies from seven points (singles) to 25 points (doubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Merry Festival | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...entertainment itself. When hard times bring cuts in advertising budgets, sponsors must think twice before they risk the popular vexation which might arise from taking from the public a favorite free show or a popular entertainer. Therefore, sponsors are slow to pull out of radio, quick to return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Money for Minutes | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...signed on the basis of 13-week periods and continuing contracts hang over from prosperous times into depression months. Radio's big first quarter this year was swelled with much of this continuing business, and it contributed mightily to the handsome gross totals. But the rush to return to the air during the fourth quarter involves another factor. All parts of network-radio's day do not provide the same audience pulling power. To reach the largest and most varied audience, advertisers consider evening time the best, favor most strongly the hour between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Money for Minutes | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

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