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Word: throughs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In 1905 Marsh became Winston Churchill's secretary at the Colonial Office. For Marsh it was love at first sight which he never got over. Soon Winston had Lion Hunter Marsh lion-hunting in Africa, although he would not trust Marsh with a gun until a wounded rhinoceros charged him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Puckish Proust | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

To get around to all these exploits Superman not only has to fly through the air, but to swim faster than a ship can travel, to break through brick walls and leap skyscrapers. To keep his identity a secret he adopts another one: when not supermanhandling the wicked he is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Superman | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Paris has a theoretical censorship, even in peacetime. Last week this censorship began to function actively, but dispatches came through with fair speed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Censored War | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

In London, the day war began, censors walked into the Communications Office and took possession. Telephone service beyond the British Isles was suspended. Since formerly news from Europe to the U. S. cleared through London, this meant the imposition of British censorship over nearly all war news. As the censorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Censored War | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Main new material in Daniel Boone deals with Boone's career after the Indians were licked, as politician, surveyor, land-hungry businessman. Biographer Bakeless defends Boone's honesty, says that no proof exists that Boone deliberately swindled clients who lost their land through faulty titles. Boone was only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Elbower | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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