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Word: stolen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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With nothing else to do, they began to fight. The purser said the captain was trying to wreck the boat. A steward fought the cook because "we had canned pears too often." The captain said the chief engineer had stolen 20 barrels of white lead. The captain's wife refused to come to dinner. The captain chased a passenger from the pantry because she was helping the assistant cook dry the dishes. A passenger announced she would pay $500 to have the captain beaten up. The assistant cook discovered she was pregnant and headed upriver by dog team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Having Wonderful Time | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

...base hit--Brucato. Three-base hit--Joubert. Home run--Gannett. Stolen bases--Duplessis 2, Plurek. Double play--Shean to Johns to Lupien. Left on bases--Harvard 5, Holy Cross 12. First base on balls--off Klarnick 2, off Ingalls 4, off Mahoney 4, off Healey, Hits--off Ingalls 9 in 3 2/3 innings, off Mahoney 3 in 4 1/2 innings. Struck out--by Klarnick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. CROSS 13, HARVARD 5 | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Johns starred in the field with eight assists, while Fulton caught well and allowed but one stolen base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Makes Short Work of Rhode Island, 4 to 1 | 5/26/1938 | See Source »

...Stolen bases: Hoye, Duranleau. Sacrifice hits: Gannett, Lupien, Healey. Hit by pitcher: by Healey, Albanese 2; by Hines, Hoye. Base on balls: off Healey 2; off Hines 3. Struck out: by Hines 4, by Healey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Makes Short Work of Rhode Island, 4 to 1 | 5/26/1938 | See Source »

...Stolen Heaven is more likable than most gem-thievery pictures because its pattern is fringed with immortal music. The characters hide behind doors and talk crook lingo while the sound track throbs with Liszt, Chopin, Grieg, Moszkowski, Strauss. The music is introduced by having the pianist practicing incessantly for a promised return to the concert stage. Best number: a montage giving an idea of what Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody might look like if sounds were pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 23, 1938 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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