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Word: spot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...banged shut." About babies: "There might be sky-blue ones, or indigo ones, or even some navy-blue ones." Lovers are close for a moment, and the episode calls to mind not merely Beatrice and Dante but Saint Paul and God! In short, The Green Forest is an enchanting spot badly messed up by artificial planting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Jan. 31, 1927 | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...Feet North Of This Spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON ERECTS TABLET IN HONOR OF ELIHU YALE | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

Progress in lighting was evident. Oldsmobile and Oakland had added the tilt-ray control, already used by Cadillac; and McFarlan showed the Ryan head lamp which gives an unusually diffused light, including a strong sidewise light which makes the spot light unnecessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Manhattan Show | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

Hoping that you spot all the wrong questions, and that some day you learn what good manners are. Yours in offended innocence, G. McK. STANDISH SMITH...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 1/21/1927 | See Source »

...evening's brightest spot is the song and dance concerning the days "When Gentlemen Wore Whiskers and Ladies Grew Old." The men with beard-swathed faces, the girls with wasp waists and bustles, do a burlesque which is positively classic. It alone would be worth the price of admission and the sacrifice of an evening's time, even if "Judy" were no good. Fortunately, however, because of its refreshing informality and its speed, "Judy" is good...

Author: By T. P., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/20/1927 | See Source »

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