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Word: tellings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...energy," said the Star. "A figure more powerful than the most powerful animal, indeed, a being that is king of all creation," said the Evening Standard. Said bushy-haired Sculptor Epstein, king of the Primitive movement in sculpture (whose authentic impulse none may question, whose enduring value time will tell): "I saw Adam as the questing, mysterious primitive man. I saw him as the fount of all mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: King's King | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...from ex-Fisticuffer Jack Dempsey. His story: because he inadvertently tickled Dempsey's ribs while adjusting his coat, Dempsey fetched him a belly blow, damaged his already ulcerated innards. Dempsey's successful defense: "If I had socked this little guy he wouldn't be here to tell his story. And if I have to pay him $3,000 I feel that I should be entitled to one punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 19, 1939 | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...Only 28% would tell the truth if doing so meant hurting someone's feelings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Honesty Test | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...mostly margin, "so that NO one can read OVER YOUR SHOULDER!" Page 4 is a set of false whiskers, page 5 a peepshow. Other features: a two-way editorial ("Can this go on? Sure! No!"), a page of letters to readers ("instead of printing letters from readers who tell us how lousy our magazine is"). The back cover, an "acquaintance maker," says: "Yoo hoo! How's about a date tonight? (All you have to do is take a seat opposite a pretty girl and hold the magazine so that she can see this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ballyhoo's Baby | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...Juan, P. R., Judge Robert Cooper asked an eight-year-old witness: "Do you know what an oath is? What will happen to you if you tell a lie?" The boy: "I'll get warts." The Judge: "I think he is qualified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 19, 1939 | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

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