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Word: telling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Princeton game soon came. It is not necessary for me to tell of the game. They scored first on a long forward pass which served to start the Harvard team going. Brickley soon kicked a goal from the field, and it was not long before we scored a touchdown. We beat them decidedly and decisively. The team came out of the game without an injury and having had experience and having gained confidence in itself...

Author: By Percy LANGDON Wendell, | Title: NO MEMBER OF '13 EVER DEFEATED BY YALE IN FOOTBALL | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...came across the border, thousands of German spirit-stirrer-uppers, so to speak, had permeated all the strata of Vienna, and, joined by the frenzied local Nazis began whipping the enthusiasm of the people. You can readily gather how enthusiastic the better elements of the city were, when I tell you that not less than 800 individuals committed suicide within a few days, and I don't believe that even half of them were Jews. Others were so overcome with enthusiasm that thousands of them had to go away for complete rests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1938 | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...Harvard oarsman, he will help Ted Husing comment on the Columbia-Navy crew race on New York's Harlem River from a bus top; the other next week as guest of Vitalis ("Just think of the word vital and add i-s") hair preparation, when he will tell how it feels to be a President's son, a du Font's husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Family Week | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...that a screen story to be successful must contain the stock formula of "Boy meets girl". Studio executives, she said, assign writers to build such stories around a star, a baby starlet, 100 beauty contest winners, a song, or somebody's wife's hat. You must be able to tell the director your story in one sentence, she warned, or it will not be considered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM WRITER REVEALS WAY TO MOVIE SUCCESS | 4/22/1938 | See Source »

...reported by Mr. Hersey to "tell the real truth about Hollywood" and this will be illustrated by "countless illuminating anecdotes". All students interested are welcome to attend the lecture. It is scheduled for 2 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dorothy Speare, Film Writer, Will Speak This Afternoon | 4/21/1938 | See Source »

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