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Word: sures (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When you get to be as old as I am you'll know something about life too. I have written many plays and am sending one which is a sure smash hit. I wrote the girl's part especially for Lynn Fontanne, and the man's for Cantor. Can't you see it? What a combination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

...these "nays" Alben Barkley reddened with surprise and anger. When he heard the final count, 47-10-46 against him, he looked incredulous, astonished, hurt. All he could say to reporters was: "As sure as the sun will come up, the President will have to ask for more money. He will have to do it early in March so that it will be available by April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: 93 Votes | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...fascist triumph in Catalonia appears to be beyond question. ... It seems to me sure that the Spanish tragedy will end its days of active war very soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Killing Blow | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Imperial's muddle No. 1: its failure to provide the Cavalier'S, engines with the sure-fire exhaust heaters used with U. S. airline carburetors for the past ten years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Muddling | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Culture-conscious citizens of smaller U. S. cities hunger for high-class music. But few of them ever have a chance to tell a diva from a bettelhooper.* Ordering music a la carte, as music lovers in big cities do, takes expert picking & choosing. Because they want to be sure of the quality of their imported music, small-town U. S. music lovers have long bought it in packaged lots from large, nationally organized concert chains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chain-Store Music | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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