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Word: stay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...night last week pretty Mrs. Dorothy Barber of Kansas City grabbed a candy bar, packed up some clothes, and walked to General Hospital. "I want to stay here," she said between bites. "I want to eat all the time. I can finish a normal meal and be back in the kitchen in ten minutes, eating again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Starving Glutton | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Basie). This latest copy goes to the extent of having Ziggie Elman play Buck Clayton's trumpet solo. It's a very good record, with fine piano by Stacy, and good blues singing by Johnny Mercer; but the rhythm section just can't stay with Basie's and no white man could ever sing the blues like "Rush" (Jim Rushing) can. Ella Fitzgerald sings a clever half-time chorus on Chick Webb's "Undecided" (Decca) ... Good sweet playing by the band and Bob Eberle's singing make Jimmy Dorsey's dise...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 3/10/1939 | See Source »

...less for me; her Husband is sensible of it, but seems indifferent, so that nothing but a few Scruples of Conscience bars my way to Enjoyment; which if you can remove, it shall be acknowledg'd by, Gentlemen, Your Humble Servant. . . .'' Defoe's advice: Stay home and mind your scruples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Original Lonelyhearts | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...week has recently risen to 2,000. Faced by these grim facts, a subcommittee of the League of Nations' Technical Commission on Nutrition, headed by Britain's famed Sir Edward Mellanby, met in August to find out exactly how much a man must eat in order to stay alive. Last week the Lancet printed the nutritionists' report. The report suggested a basic minimum diet for war-torn countries which would tickle no palates and fill no stomachs but would maintain life for an indefinite period of time, and prevent such serious deficiency diseases as scurvy, pellagra, anemia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Least for Life | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...dunno. I suppose old Picklepuss made her stay after again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/2/1939 | See Source »

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