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Word: scotts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...over popular, was Merseyside-Irishman Sir Alexander Maguire's Workman, last year's tired third. Workman stood at 100-8, just a shade better liked than Royal Mail, 100-7, the only former winner in the field. A tempting long shot was Capt. L. E. Scott Briggs's MacMoffat, at 25-1. Another was Sir Humphrey de Trafford's Under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Over Aintree Meadow | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

...Nick Longworth, enjoyed such influence among members on both sides of the aisle in both Houses as this stubby, stubborn, pink & white billiken with the beak of an owl, eyebrows like cupid's-wings, tongue of a cowhand. He takes Capitol freshmen aside and instructs them philosophically. "Now, Scott," he said, for example, to Senator Lucas of Illinois, "first thing to do is to get other Senators' respect, if you have to fight 'em twice a day. After you get their respect you'll have their confidence. Then first thing you know you'll have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Undeclared War | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Heading the dance committee is Douglas MacLeod '39. Others are Philip L. Lowe '39, John H. Howland '39, G. Scott Olive, Jr., '40, Philip deN. Ruprecht '40, and Robert M. Peebles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Curtis Plays for 'Coasters At Winter Formal on Friday | 3/14/1939 | See Source »

MARSHAL L. SCOTT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 13, 1939 | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...brother Harry were the bass player on the record. And brother Harry runs a barbecue on 52nd Street in New York known as the Pick-A-Rib. That wouldn't be an advertisement, would it? The first side is uniformly bad, sounding something like one of Ray Scott's compositions. The second, done in boogie-woogie tempo is better, but shows that Teddy Wilson can't play this style . . . To find why many musicians like Red Norvo's band, listen to "I Get Along Without You Very. Well" (Vocation) . . . Teddy Wilson's "More Than You Know" (Brunswick) with Billie Holiday...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

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