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Word: smokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Churning the water with their feet as the sharks slashed at them, the other terror-stricken sailors drove off their tormentors. Finally Lieut. A. C. Keller spotted the survivors from his naval plane, dropped smoke bombs and plunged down in dangerous power dives which frightened off the sharks long enough for the Mendota to reach the scene, pull the exhausted mariners from the water 40 miles from the grave of the luckless Tzenny Chandris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Greek Tragedy | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...Church of the Living God, Christian Workers for Fellowship, thinks Jesus was a Negro, because his ancestor, David, said: I am become like a bottle in the smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Legalists & Charismatics | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...Board of Governors of the U. S. Polo Association, the men who rule U. S. polo, last week gathered in a smoke-filled room in Manhattan for a solemn annual task. Gravely they passed about typewritten sheets of paper, studied them, made penciled notations. Then the names of ranking U. S. polo players were called off, their past and present handicaps noted, their recommended handicaps voted upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Polo Handicaps | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...notice, Dr. Smoke-Stack, that you are fashionably dressed in the latest style. Do you anticipate a cold north wind...

Author: By Morgan O. Preston, | Title: Cliche Expert In Milk Street Interview Claims Harvard or Yale May Win | 11/20/1937 | See Source »

...What will the snake dance be like, Dr. Smoke-Stack...

Author: By Morgan O. Preston, | Title: Cliche Expert In Milk Street Interview Claims Harvard or Yale May Win | 11/20/1937 | See Source »

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