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Word: thews (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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PLAN XVI&151;Douglas G. Browne&151;Crime Club ($2). Planned in war, the terrorism of three super-criminals breaks out 16 years later. Their final coup of piracy brings Navy, Scotland Yard and Journalism to the Empire's rescue and Inspector Thew's promotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murders of the Month: Jul. 30, 1934 | 7/30/1934 | See Source »

...condition is much more conscious of how it all comes about, because instead of having rules made for him, it is essential that he make his own. I do not want to make it appear that the American athlete has no idea of why he is training. But thew are relived of the responsibility of deciding for themselves what is the right thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hallowell, Harvard-Cambridge Track Star, Finds American Training Methods More Efficient Than British Though Irksome | 7/11/1933 | See Source »

...that Warner Brothers had to fear in making a picture about Haw Tabor was that the facts of 'his life, as reported in Author David Karsner's book Silver Dollar, would seem too theatrical. This danger was averted in a skillful continuity by Carl Erickson and Harvey Thew and in an amazingly successful impersonation of Haw Tabor (called Yates Martin in the picture) by Edward G. Robinson. Robinson makes Yates Martin what Haw Tabor very likely was-a gay, growling, vain man, dazzled and delighted by a world which, for a time, seemed made of silver. Aline MacMahon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 2, 1933 | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

...word 'Caesar' is said to mean Caesar, this involves the assumption of much historical knowledge. It might be possible to trace back the noises which the Romans made when thew saw the conqueror coming, and which were used in acclamation of the emperor by the Roman mobs. Though the whole concept of meaning is vague, the meaning of a word lies largely in its ability to produce an effect, as when we call someone by name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PSYCHOLOGY NOT NEEDED FOR LOGIC, RUSSELL DECLARES | 10/27/1931 | See Source »

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