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Word: things (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Another thing Eddie can't understand is the colleges "straight laced" attitude toward students playing summer ball for a semi-pro team. Collins argues that there's no difference between picking up money in baseball and business...

Author: By Sheffield West, | Title: Eddie Collins Upholds Sponsorship of College Baseballers by Big Leagues | 4/16/1938 | See Source »

There was a good deal of confusion. Two of the Red Sox were the same numbers, two were each other's number, and the pitcher were such a dirty number you couldn't make it out anyway. When the whole thing was cleared up, however, it became evident that a rookie named Wagner had pitched for the Sox, that a rookie named Nonneenkampf had played center field, and that ex-Holy Desautels, wearing number 2, had alternated at the catching position with rookie Peacock, also wearing number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Red Sox Stars Stumble Before Inspired Holy Cross Nine by 3-2 Score | 4/15/1938 | See Source »

Roared Boss Tom Pendergast, jabbing the air with his mighty forefinger: "I have never done a thing in my life except support Democratic officials to the best of my ability. I have not received that kind of consideration from Governor Stark. ... If his conscience is clear, I know mine is. I now say let the river take its course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSOURI: Vote of Confidence | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...indiscretion is the one thing a member of the British Foreign Office must never commit, and last week London rang with the discovery that on March 3 an indiscretion was committed by Civil Servant Thomas Henry Glasse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Five Shillings | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

America (Jesuit): "Precisely that impression will be conveyed by the religion tower at the World's Fair which the Communists wish to have conveyed . . . the impression that religion is an empty thing, a meaningless 'mysticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Meaningless Temple | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

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