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Word: shield (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good theatre" to indicate that they have small resemblance to life. A crook (Clive Brook) on the point of being executed for murder, confesses to a priest. His confession, which constitutes the main portion of the picture, shows that, though innocent, he is maintaining a pretense of guilt to shield his daughter (Peggy Shannon). Good shot: a kitten playing with the ball of wool under which the crook has cached a roll of stolen money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 24, 1931 | 8/24/1931 | See Source »

...last month, to which Dr. Doyle was summoned, it became evident that Tammany very strongly desired the veterinarian not to be questioned. Immediate conclusion of Counsel Seabury was that Dr. Doyle?holed-in at his home in Deal, N. J. where Counsel Seabury could not reach him?was a shield held close over a vulnerable part of Tammany's anatomy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Indian in the Woodpile | 8/17/1931 | See Source »

...Captain Frank Hawks's record, and back in 8 min. more than the Hawks' record. His cause: to arouse interest in "The Crusaders," anti-Prohibition organization of which he is Manhattan chieftain. His plane, a fast Lockheed Altair painted yellow, blue & white, bears on its side the shield of the Crusaders with the legend "Help End Prohibition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: For Drinking | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

...decisive win in Class A with 72 points, trailed by Andover, 49 1-2 and by Worcester Academy, last year's victors, 31, Brookline High, with 21 3-5 points, was closely pressed in Class B by Lawrence High with 19 points. Watertown High won the victor's shield in Class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Andover Vaulter Breaks Schoolboy Record in Stadium As Exeter Leads Rivals in Saturday's Interscholastic Meet | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

...second year in succession the solid gold shield of the Holland Bulb Exporters Association went to Marshall Field for a bulb garden arranged by his able superintendent, George H. Gillies. Flaming tulips lined a green turf path to a stone bench by a mellow brick wall shaded by flowering lilac, rhododendrons, laurel, dogwood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Flower Show | 3/30/1931 | See Source »

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