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Word: ribboned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...feel," said the nation's greatest dramatist, "like a horse that has been, given a blue ribbon. I am surprised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Prizeman | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...Texas Centennial Ail-American Swine Show in Dallas last week a Poland China sow named Royal Lady farrowed eleven shoats between noon and 2 p. m., entered the show ring and won the senior yearling blue ribbon and a $20 prize, returned to her pen and delivered another piglet, returned to the ring and won the senior championship and a $10 prize, returned to her pen and delivered piglet No. 13, returned to the ring and won the grand championship and another $10 prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Piglets & Prizes | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...various medals that you see celebrities sporting about Cambridge, with the bright colored ribbon, signify what sort of delegate the person...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celebrities Helpful, Shy, Glowering Under Stare of Camera Eye; Lady Delegate Politely Reneged | 9/17/1936 | See Source »

...yellow ribbon designates the Physical Sciences, a green ribbon for the Biological Sciences, a blue ribbon for the Social Sciences, a gray ribbon for the Humanities, and a red ribbon for the Governing Board of the University and miscellaneous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celebrities Helpful, Shy, Glowering Under Stare of Camera Eye; Lady Delegate Politely Reneged | 9/17/1936 | See Source »

...international air derby from New York to Paris on May 21, 1937.* Though details are still unsettled, the race will be open to all comers, will be for a first prize of 1,000,000 francs ($65,000). This promptly inspired the newspaper Intransigeant to offer an aeronautical Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic, declaim: "France desires that Colonel Lindbergh's exploit shall be commemorated as an historical event." If one condition of the proposal is carried out, the commemoration may well prove a shambles. Decreed Minister Cot: The race must be flown on May 21, come hell or hurricane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Historical Event | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

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