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Word: secret (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dick Harlow has announced his starting line for tomorrow's game, but he continues to keep his four starting backfield nominees a deep, dark secret. Weather conditions may be one reason for Crimson uncertainly in the ball-carrying spots, buy more probably the Crimson mentor wants to keep the Elis worried right up until game-time before selecting his starters from a group of six first-class backs...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Dick Harlow Surrounds His Six Possible Backfield Starters in Mystery Veil on Eve of Game | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

...either that their fuel was low or they were lying low. In Mexico, one of a pair of carrier pigeons (a hawk got the other) was reported brought in by an Indian with a German naval commander's code message on its leg. Mexicans said they knew a secret radio was operating south of Mexico City, probably helping German raiders or supply ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Lord's Admissions | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...been announced that the evening's speech would be delivered by Herr Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess. But at 8:04, Adolf Hitler took the rostrum. Traditionally the annual beer-hall speech has been secret; but this time it was broadcast. For 57 minutes Herr Hitler let them have it (see p. 22). At 9:01 he stepped down from the rostrum and briefly passed among his followers. Usually on these occasions he has sat down to sip beer and swap yarns until wee hours, but this time he left the hall after just nine minutes. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Eleven Minutes | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...pulled off, as official Germany bitterly charged, by the British secret service? Probably not. Britain's intelligence officers are bright enough to know that assassinating Hitler would only serve to glorify him as a martyr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Eleven Minutes | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Whatever the answer, one of a pair of alternatives was inescapable: Either the famed German secret police made a bad slip, or somebody fairly close to Adolf Hitler wants him dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Eleven Minutes | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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