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Word: sinner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rico's bold murder shattered Accomplice Tony's nerves. Tony, in his rosy-cheeked teens, had driven Rico and the two others from the scene in a big Cadillac. Then Tony, quondam choirboy, fled to a priest to confess it all. Hearing Tony was not a sturdy sinner, Rico gave chase, caught the boy going into the cathedral, silenced him forever with an automatic. Gangsters approved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Gangster | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

...last, eager to see what this horrible sinner could look like, staggering, moaning, the congregation filed forward. Each man and woman peered. The casket was empty. A mirror in the bottom reflected the face of the person who stared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God's Trombone | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

...Timothy, Negro Republican, and Major E. E. Winters, White Republican, both of Montgomery, Ala. Said Major Winters: "I cast my first vote for Abraham Lincoln 64 years ago and have been voting the Republican ticket early and often ever since, but this is more than even a 'hardened sinner' like me can stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Reasons | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...took place at the opening of the greyhound racetrack at Luna Park. Lean Wazir, owned by A. W. Olsen and Y. F. Hung, won the Yangtszepoo Stakes. Col. R. W. Dockrill's Staff Captain took the Luna Park Opening Cup. Misses Margot and Tita Stephen's Merry Sinner took the Luna Park Hurdle Cup. But the dogs of Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon won no races until the second day's Hongkew Hurdles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Woman Racing | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

...when she corrected Mr. A. F. Higgins' misquotation of Scripture in a footnote, but failed to correct Mr. Higgins' second Scripture reference. "PornoGraphic" can humbly pray with the Samaritan: "Oh, Lord, be merciful to me a Samaritan," and his words were "God, be merciful to me a Sinner." Nor is this the first occasion that TIME has shown ignorance of Scripture. However, I will not burden you here with other incidents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 24, 1927 | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

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