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Word: scenically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...such miscellaneous items of local color, scenic grandeurs, natural wonders and plain facts, the U. S. guides of the Federal Writers' Project are compounded. With 42 big books already published, 20 now on the presses and some 200 more planned or in preparation, the Federal Writers' Project has become in the last few months the biggest literary job ever undertaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mirror to America | 1/3/1938 | See Source »

...ubiquitous habit of the American people to leave mementos of themselves and their thoughts on landmarks, window pancs, railings of scenic spots, college desks, and sacred sites. It is the simple man's cry for immortality with the immortal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 10/9/1937 | See Source »

...basement many of the various unusual and foreign editions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" are shown, while the Theatre Collection features a display titled "Scenic Designs by Modern Artists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Widener Library Displays Shaksperean Works, Books That Presidents Owned, Early Text Books, 'Alice in Wonderland' | 9/24/1937 | See Source »

...these new runs. The one from Winslow to San Francisco is the more important for three reasons. It was ordered by the Post Office after a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission last spring forbidding TWA to expand in that direction (TIME, March 22). It is probably the most scenic flight for its length on any U. S. airline, passing over Grand Canyon, Boulder Dam, Painted Desert, Indian reservations. Death Valley, high Sierras and San Francisco's famed bridges. And by entering San Francisco, TWA breaks United Air's monopoly there. Expecting to snare part of United...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Mill a Mile | 9/13/1937 | See Source »

...economy train designed to compete with busses. Sociability is subordinated to taking care of the old, the ill, youngsters traveling alone, helping mothers with infants. But in order that the Santa Fe's hostesses shall be interesting conversationalists, at least about the scenery, their training includes trips through scenic parts of the Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Women on Wheels | 8/16/1937 | See Source »

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