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Word: seltzers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...satirical manner. He used to play in things like this long ago, at the beginning of a career which up to that time had made it seem more likely that he would turn out a public charge than one of the famed Hamlets of his time. His manipulation of seltzer bottles and irresponsible lines has the gusto of reviving memories-a salute to Youth. Best shot: Barrymore describing the habits of the Scarab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 7, 1930 | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

service. What was being drunk was suggested by the central figure of the advertisement (see cut) - a steward carrying his tray with a dark quart bottle, glass and seltzer siphon. No U. S.-bound traveler in Paris could discriminate against the U. S. Lines because of Prohibition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wet Line | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

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