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Word: shows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...show you that ... we have had some problems to deal with of importance and cost to. American people, I want to enumerate. ... It is about time to put up the 'Stop, look and listen sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Stop, Look, Listen | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...official manifesto General Fukuda declared: "The Chinese show an open stand of belligerency. Therefore, to punish the guilty and uphold the dignity of the Japanese Empire I am obliged to take such drastic measures as I deem necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Killing Continues | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...about Europe until he finds a poor and not too homely "baggage," wins her by offering food if she is starving, buys her from debased parents if necessary, scrubs her up if she is filthy, and smuggles her out to the Argentine on a passport doctored or forged to show that the "baggage" is not "underweight" (i.e. under the age of consent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Boss v. Slaves | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...spot of interest on Keith's tours. His feet are as quick as a snare drummer's hands; in Blackbirds he has a double flight of five stairs which, when he trots up and down it, produces a rapid tuneless and delicious music. Bill Robinson makes the show; if he were on the stage more of the time he would make the show a lot better. Not but what Adelaide Hall, with her hoarse, high voice, and an energetic chorus make Blackbirds, despite dull moments, the best coon show in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 21, 1928 | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

Safe Bets-Show Boat, Present Arms, Funny Face, A Connecticut Yankee, Good News, Three Musketeers, Rain or Shine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Headliners in Manhattan | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

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