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Word: stirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are, of course, others. There is Roger Hall, red-headed giant, able seaman; spawn, according to his rival, of smugglers and godless renegades; a man to stir the thin blood of Hope Langdon; canny even in his cups. There is Mate John Disney, widower, envious of Roger's virility, husband-to-be of Hope Langdon; a man weakened by the fringes of a Puritanical conscience. There are Jonas Dodge, Master, Zeke Nyas, Indian Quartermaster, and a dozen others. Mr. LaFarge has portayed all these swiftly and surely. But towering above them all is Jeremiah Disney, nephew of the mate...

Author: By J. M., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 10/25/1933 | See Source »

...week's most widely publicized prizefight: "Jack Sharkey, the prizefighter who took up failure as a vocation in life and made a brilliant success of it, is fighting his old friend Tommy Loughran in Philadelphia tonight. There is a contest in which it ought to be possible to stir up the widest disinterest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Sweetness & Light | 10/9/1933 | See Source »

...nice moonlight night," stammered the hoofer. "... I remember we got to talking about Havelock Ellis and after that everything is blank." Meanwhile Leslie Adams as a too-stout George V leered, "I'll tell you what, Davy. We'll go to Bali-the Island of Bali-and stir up some good will there." Stiffly London papers reminded their readers that in Great Britain no member of the Royal Family, living or dead, can be portrayed on the stage. When London's News Chronicle telephoned Producer Harris in Philadelphia he snapped, "What's the matter with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown: Oct. 2, 1933 | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

...field was the 400-acre potato patch of Farmer John Erickson of Waupaca, Wis. The plane was a second-hand crate owned and flown by George Parker, 22-year-old student at Northwestern University. Pilot Parker's job was to stir up the cold air which settles in the lowland, thus save the potatoes from frost. If he brings Farmer Erickson's crop through to harvest unblighted. Pilot Parker will collect $400, enough to send him back to college this autumn. If frost strikes, Parker gets nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Plane v. Frost | 9/25/1933 | See Source »

President Roosevelt well realized that his naval demonstration, excitingly described in the Press, might stir up hot antagonism in Cuba. To newshawks he objected to the use of such phrases as "an armada of U. S. warships" in the Caribbean. He explained that, except for the Mississippi and Richmond, all the vessels in Cuban waters were "little bits of things," incapable of landing a force sufficient to occupy the island. He pointed out that Cuba is 700 mi. long, that many ships were needed to patrol its shore line. No force had been put ashore and none would be unless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Reluctant Fist | 9/18/1933 | See Source »

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