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Word: tans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Stalin has reared himself a despot. M. Stalin ("Mr. Steel") exerts, simply as Secretary of the Communist Party, a political "boss power" prodigious and all pervasive. A cobbler's son whose actual name and age are doubtful, "Mr. Steel," was born in the remote Transcaucasian land of Vras-tan, Gruzia or Georgia.* Amid the purging flames of revolution, the great Dictator Lenin tested and tempered the Georgian's metal, gave him the prophetic name of Stalin, installed him in the office which he has made the focus of all Russia, the Secretariat of the Communist Party. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Alone | 8/30/1926 | See Source »

...Butler of Massachusetts or any other Republican) should be regarded as purely speculative; that Senator Wadsworth of New York is coming to visit him this summer; that the Adirondacks are a delightful spot; that the mosquito ravages had been exaggerated. The gentlemen of the press were impressed by the tan and the high spirits of the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Presidential Week | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

LULU BELLE-The tale of a torrid tan courtesan from Harlem, who graduated to a silk-hung Paris boudoir. Principally Lenore Ulric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Best Plays: Mar. 22, 1926 | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

...bored, Glenna Collett saw her ball dip over a swell of grass and disappear into the tenth hole of the course of the St. Louis Country Club. Her father was a famous amateur bicycle rider. Her bust measurement is 36 inches. She had on a lemon sweater, buff skirt, tan hat. The public displayed some interest in these facts because, by virtue of that putt, she won for the second time the U. S. women's golf championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Women's Golf | 10/12/1925 | See Source »

...September morning the liner Paris steamed into New York harbor and the Statue of Liberty looked down on a very neatly dressed gentleman. He wore white gloves and tan shoes. He carried an ivory headed malacca cane. His shirt and collar were of a delicate shade of blue. His cravat was blazoned in red and green. He wore a dark blue suit and atop his head concealing the shining mass of his cranium sat a green felt hat, soft, pour le sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caillaux's Commission | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

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