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Word: thees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Committee of Congress was informed that phonographers paid $100,000 to obtain a satisfactory record of Nearer, My God, to Thee. The items of expense were: one church, one organ, one expert, ten years' effort. These facts were used as an argument against any change in the copyright laws which would permit composers to demand larger royalties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: National Affairs Notes, Feb. 23, 1925 | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...room and out of earshot, while a given person voiced a thought in the presence of a number of people. In one instance his son, Basil, said: "I'm thinking of the sinking of the Titanic and one of the bandsmen playing Nearer, My God, to Thee to nearly the end, and then he dived off and sat on his cello until he was picked up by a boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Occult Acts | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...Haste thee, Joy, and bring with thee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 2/11/1925 | See Source »

...stand up in their chairs. The next three rounds were not so fast; the fighters were listless. The bell rang for the eighth, both boxers dragged languidly into action amid a salvo of boos. More flaccid pommeling, clinching, pushing. A raucous fan began to sing Every Hour I Knead Thee, was silenced. In the last two rounds, McTigue feebly rallied. Referee Lewis gave the victory to little Walker. McTigue kept his title, as the boxing law of New Jersey does not permit an official rendering of decisions. The vast crowd audibly wished that they had kept their money. Tony Polozzolo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Walker vs. McTigue | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

Guide my little feet up to Thee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Chenophobes | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

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