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Word: talled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ameddican"-born wife having consistently put her foot in her mouth* (TIME, May 22), the moose-tall British Ambassador to the U. S. last week decided to take matters in his own large hands At the suggestion of easygoing, democratic bir Willmott Lewis, correspondent of the London Times, he did something he hadn't previously found necessary in his 62 years: called a press conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: His Majesty's Press Agent | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...hail-fellowship and a reassuring, yeoman love of King and Country that was truly British. This man-to-man meeting occurred in Connaught Square at the unveiling of the Canadian national war memorial. There was a reveille, the King placed a wreath at the foot of the shaft, tall redcoats holding standards stepped away, and the memorial was unveiled. The King spoke, with what some thought was a hint to Rome and Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Royal Visit | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Into the hospital at Pisco, Peru last month came a tired, ragged Indian woman from the foothills of the Andes. She led by the hand a shy little girl, scarcely three feet tall, with chestnut braids and an enormously bulging abdomen. Pointing to the frightened child, the Indian woman begged Surgeon Geraldo Lozada to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of her. Certain that little Lina Medina had an abdominal tumor, Dr. Lozada examined her, received the surprise of his life when he discovered she was eight months pregnant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Little Mother | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Early Days. In the early, rough-&-tumble days of flying Glenn Martin was an incongruous figure. Solemn as a preacher, he dressed in black with a tall white collar, wore a businesslike helmet when he flew. Other pinfeather fliers, who turned their checkered caps backward when they climbed into their planes, called him "The Dude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Kites to Bombers | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Again it was Eli strength in the tall end of the lineup which was all-important as they took the last two doubles points. In a nine point affair, the Crimson would have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BARNABYMEN LOSE 8-7 HEARTBREAKER TO ELIS | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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