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Word: second (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...woman had exactly that sum. Then the gipsy told each of the other passengers how much he or she had, down to the last sou. 'Since you know so much,' one passenger asked, 'tell us when Hitler will die.' 'On December second,' the gipsy said, and got out at the next stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Last week the 45,000,000 citizens of Brazil celebrated two anniversaries-their 50th as a Republic, their second as a dictatorship. In honor of the occasion, plump Dictator-President Getulio Vargas proclaimed a paternal decree setting up a national commission for the protection of parents with many children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Bombers of Good Will | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...save the northeastern provinces. First stand would be made in a line of pillboxes and blockhouses running from Zwolle south through Nijmegen all the way to Maastricht, behind the Ijssel and Maas (Meuse) Rivers (see map). While this line held, the civilian population would be taken behind a second defense system, called the Grebbe Line, extending southeastward to Nijmegen from Eem on the Ijssel Lake (the diked, reclaimed Zuider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: General Dike | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Shortly after half-time, the Lamarmen began to click, reaching the 25-yard stripe in short order. Here, Ed Buckley faded back and fired a fifteen yard pass to Hal Tine who scampered over for the second tally. The kick was wide...

Author: By David B. Stearns, | Title: TERRIER FRESHMEN BURIED BY JAYVEES | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

Some bang-up news shots of some of the nation's best upset football games are a real addition to the program, but the second feature, "Hero For a Day," would only be "Here For a Day" in anyone else's language...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

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