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Word: trailing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...class with its predecessor, for it is not; but on the other hand this latest attempt will doubtless be even more popular because of the delightful humor that has been skillfully interwoven with the story. Fredric March, as Sam Wye, expert detective, is put on the trail of Joan Bennett, murderess, because of his peculiar fascination for beautiful women. Constantly harassed by Ann Sothern who, as "Dr. Livingston," easily walks away with the acting honors, and Ralph Bellamy, as an incredibly stupid detective, he traces her half way around the world and, of course, falls madly in love with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/10/1939 | See Source »

...window, watching the snowflakes whirl out of the blackness into the light that radiated from his room, following them as they curved past the panes and out of sight again. Large clots occasionally caught on the glass; began to melt, then dragged downward until they disappeared into a trail of water. Fleece piled up into triangles in the corners of the windowsill, slowly creeping up over the edges of the bottom panes, rounding off the window's squareness. There they hung, shining glazier's points, with their pale faces flattened against the panes, peering in at the light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

Coach Al Dewey's Freshman pucksters will try to hit the comeback trail after dropping a hard game to St. Marks 6-3, last Saturday when they meet, a strong Andover sextet in the Skating Club rink today at two o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '42 Pucksters Face Andover | 1/18/1939 | See Source »

...Soon law & order and law's new kibitzer, radio, were hot in pursuit. First word of the escaped convicts came by telephone to radio station WOW, reporting them heading toward Gretna, 23 miles southwest of Omaha. Soon police, newsmen and radio newscasters with mobile transmitters were on the trail, among them WOW's dapper News Editor Foster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Nemesis by Air | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

Hinton finished the mile and a half course in two minutes and four seconds to beat his nearest rival, Art Gardiner, by twelve seconds. Hinton's time was fifteen seconds better than the best time on the Sherbourne trail last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiing Poor Throughout New England Due to Warm Spell | 1/13/1939 | See Source »

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