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Word: shines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would afford a handle which an opponent in war might grasp; diffident Stalin wears huge mustachios to make himself look more inscrutable. Alexander was imaginative, athletic, quick as an ocelot; Stalin is practical, ponderous, deliberate as a bear. Only similarity: Diogenes, out looking for an honest man, would not shine his lamp in either Alexander's or Stalin's visage very long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Beobachter's Parallel | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

First Lines Shine...

Author: By Peter Dammann, | Title: VARSITY STICKMEN TIE IN PRACTICE ENCOUNTER | 12/14/1939 | See Source »

...Morse of the Christian Science Monitor: "Dartmouth rain or shine. They're more experienced and further advanced at the present time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Game Predictions by Local Sports Experts | 10/28/1939 | See Source »

Sept. 6: "It seems as though the sun could hardly shine upon a world where one man is able to speed civilization downward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sons and War | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...more firmly organized than at tennis. For 23 years U. S. Negroes have banded together in the American Tennis Association, which not only serves as the governing body of 150 Negro clubs and 25,000 players but also gives upper-crust Negro doctors, lawyers, teachers, preachers a chance to shine socially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jim Crow Tennis | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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