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Word: swear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have read Life for years, swear by Benchley's theatre reviews, read his books - and yet I have never seen a photograph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 1, 1927 | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...swear to God my man's got a black cat's bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Medicine Man | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...swear to God my man's got a black cat's bone-Every time I start to leave I gotta come back home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Medicine Man | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...dull, they encouraged a certain very zestful officer of the guards Baron Frieherr von Plettenburg-Mehrum, Plettenburg. When, in 1922, the Baron's wife sued him for divorce, she named Princess Charlotte-who was reported to have said blithely on the witness stand: "My husband knew everything. I swear it with the greatest possible pleasure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Virtuous Prince | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...Giants lost two out of four games to the St. Louis Cardinals. Meanwhile, a newspaper despatch quoted Mr. McGraw as saying: "I am getting tired of traveling and I expect to step out as manager. Hornsby is the man to carry on. The members of the club all swear by Hornsby." Mr. McGraw quickly branded this despatch as false, said: "They always start that report when the team is losing." However, McGraw had praised Hornsby highly on Hornsby Day in St. Louis and he had hinted at retirement "some day." McGraw is 54. It would not be surprising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: McGraw's 25th | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

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