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Word: smiles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...found hobbling around on a crutch in her bleak Hollywood cottage. "Arthritis," she explained to a newshawk. "First I became blind. . . . Now my eyes are better, and my knee is worse The doctor says I will be able to walk again. . . . Doctors always tell you that." Pursing a cramped smile, she mumbled "Please tell them that Eva Tanguay is all right. Or say nothing-that's better. Say that I will be back on the stage, if you want-back by Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 19, 1936 | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

...words Grocer Grimes is "an individualist but not a rugged individualist." An exploratory trip to Europe last year left him cold to authentic Rochdale Co-operative principles. Quick-witted, quick to smile, he is a masterful salesman, a fair golfer, a crack poker player and can multiply six figures by six figures in his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Cooperative Grocers | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

...woman who can "charm" a sad King into a cheerful smile deserves praises, instead of criticisms. Mrs. Ernest Simpson is beautiful, young, slim and graceful. She is a socialite and has the good sense to add her husband on all her outings with royalty* With all the titled women in the realm to entertain him, King Edward VIII shows an artistic appreciation in selecting a young married woman, and a clever American, to entertain him during his long hours of bereavement. He has traveled all over the world and yet only an American woman can "charm" him, socially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 12, 1936 | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

...send a boy on a man's errand. ' Boy or man, Cabot Lodge has run his political errands effectively in the past year. Driving about the State, sometimes traveling 1,000 miles a week, he showed the people of Massachusetts a friendly manner, a warm smile, proved himself a first rate speaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: Flesh v. Blood | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

...bellboy was surprised but managed to stammer "Yes, Sir." and smile pleasantly. Sir Eddington looked even more bewildered than before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celebrities Helpful, Shy, Glowering Under Stare of Camera Eye; Lady Delegate Politely Reneged | 9/17/1936 | See Source »

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