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Word: saws (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sports. Mr. Barton: "I once saw in the papers a picture of you selecting a saddle horse in Washington, but I have never seen any picture of you riding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Pines Re-echo | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...American's representative, journeying downtown in a taxicab, chanced to look at the letter on which Mrs. Rockefeller had written her message. To his surprise he saw that it was from a friend of the family, expressing delight that Abby was to be married to Mr. Milton. This was confirmation enough-the American's beat was assured. But the reporter decided to do the decent thing and called on Mr. Lee. He told Mr. Lee that the story already was confirmed and that it was an American exclusive. But Mr. Lee, to the reporter's horror, said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Impartial | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...been standing, that one afternoon beside Mayor Gaynor, as was his custom. It had become an old joke among those who did not like him that "Big Bill" Edwards always stood beside somebody. Whenever cameras clicked, he stood beside somebody, and in the following Sunday's rotogravures you saw somebody's picture and (in small type, reading left to right) "Big Bill" Edwards. People who called Edwards the Peter Pan of Princeton, who were bored by his after-dinner speeches, who declared that he was at heart a schoolboy who blustered his way through life seeking the loud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tsar | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

Record. August saw 379,111 passenger cars, 45,283 trucks made in the U. S.-a record for that month. In the first eight months of 1926, makers have produced 2,765,369 cars, 339,383 trucks as against 2,431,202 cars, 305,503 trucks for the same period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes, Oct. 4, 1926 | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...second successive day of scrimmage for the University football squad yesterday saw the Crimson regulars scoring three touchdowns against the seconds, and scoring two of the three attempts for the point after touchdown, and adding another three points to the total through a drop kick from the toe of Chauncey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RED SHIRTS DOWN SECONDS, 23-0 | 9/30/1926 | See Source »

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