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Word: slept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...barge P, which was part of the tow, had seen anything untoward happen. A Federal inspector stationed on the M. Moran to see that the swill was dumped out far enough had nothing to report, but was exonerated by the harbor authorities because after the dumping he slept "as is the custom of Federal inspectors on such duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Scow E | 8/11/1930 | See Source »

Died. Louis Henry Cardinal Lucon, Archbishop of Rheims, 87, War hero; of bronchial pneumonia; at Rheims. In 1914 at Rome, he heard of the bombardment of Rheims, hastened home to be with his endangered parishioners. Forbidden to entrain from Paris for Rheims, he motored there, slept in a cellar, tended the wounded, held Mass wherever he could, sometimes underground, remained until forced by military authority to retreat from the city in April 1918. In 1927 he consecrated the rebuilding Cathedral (not yet completed). To announce his death, the Cathedral's chimes tolled the number of his years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 9, 1930 | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

...lead wilting as the rural vote for Mr. Pinchot piled up. Depressed, he went home to bed, remarked: "When I get up in the morning, I'll feel better." But in the morning he felt worse. Mr. Pinchot's vote had passed his while he slept. Heartbroken, he refused to concede defeat even when the Pinchot forces were celebrating their victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Pennsylvania's Primary | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

Tired, John Hunton slept while the burglar ransacked his room. Two hours later, he woke up, reported the robbery to the police, promised to provide further details in the morning when he had had more sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

Reason: de Valera deputies number only 57 in a Dail of 153. Having slept on this fact in Chicago, Mr. de Valera unpacked, resumed his calls on rich. Irish prospects, pleased his mother. Mrs. Katherine Wheelwright of Rochester, N. Y., who hopes to see her boy before he sails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND: President Resigns | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

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