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Word: sweets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...firemen of Woburn, Mass, had their collective pay cut $7,600 last year for economy's sweet sake. The Mayor of Woburn is William E. Kane, and his brother Michael is fire chief. Last week Woburn's firemen, all but the chief, sued

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Men of Fire | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

That's why we're all goin' down to the Met this week and watch Hollywood whitewash the whole buryin' ground he's lyin' in. We're gonna see Tyrone Power grow a beard and act real tough. We're gonna see Lowell's. Nancy Kelly look mighty sweet. We're gonna watch Jesse live, 'n' love, 'n' fight, 'n' finally get mowed down by a skunk whose name ain't fit to be written down here. Mebbe we'll even enjoy ourselves...

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

...specialist in fog effects, has made a rather exciting adventure story out of "Submarine Patrol," celluloid epic of the U-boat chasing "splinter fleet." If you can sink back into plush upholstery, forgetting the tremendous bellows of Hollywood publicity that are building up Nancy Kelly into stardom and the sweet simplicity of sturdy Richard Greene, you may enjoy the fine technical effects (especially the fog) of this bloodless movie. The film's makers have had to go afield from the old love-interest, which is a pretty wet gag in Hollywood now, and have substituted a branch of the Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/27/1939 | See Source »

...Marx (Sun. 10 p. m. NBC-Red) in a new-style Hollywood radio bee called The Circle. Actor Colman is president. Actress Lombard secretary, Actor Grant beadle (party whip), Kellogg's Corn Flakes sponsor. Last week, at the first meeting, the talk got around to poetry, fur coats, sweet potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Programs Previewed: Jan. 23, 1939 | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

...four laboratories to study new outlets for U. S. crops. Last week, after weeding through more than 200 applications and bruising susceptible Congressional feelings, Secretary Wallace located the laboratories, one in each major U. S. crop region: Northern (corn, wheat, agricultural wastes) at Peoria, Ill.; Southern (cotton, sweet potatoes, peanuts) at New Orleans; Eastern (tobacco, milk products, apples, potatoes, vegetables) near Philadelphia; Western (wheat, potatoes, alfalfa, vegetables, fruits) near San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Industrial Uses | 12/26/1938 | See Source »

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