Word: twice
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Twice-divorced Mrs. Simpson's twice-divorced first husband, Commander Earl Winfield Spencer U. S. N., lay bedded last week in San Diego, Calif, after a hunting accident. Said he: "She is a most attractive woman and has one of the strongest characters I have ever known any person to possess. She is a lovely person, intelligent, witty and good company. 'Stimulating' is the word which best describes her charm. Our marriage lasted eight years, and we parted twelve years ago. I think Wallis Simpson is a wonderful woman. In whatever future she may choose-into whatever...
...Germans and Poles. From among Madrid's refugee-swollen population of 1,500,000, there were last week more than 50,000 actively defending the capital. General Franco's White Army totaled not more than 40,000. According to neutral observers "the Red militia will soon number twice as many as their opponents...
...most coveted literary honor. As a rule the Swedish Academy scrupulously attempts to see that no one nation or branch of literature gets more than its share of Nobel Prizes. The literary prize was not awarded last year. Since 1930, therefore, it has been given just five times, twice to U. S. citizens (Sinclair Lewis, 1930; Eugene O'Neill, 1936), thrice to dramatists (John Galsworthy, 1932; Luigi Pirandello, 1934; Eugene O'Neill, 1936). Even the man who holds the record of winning the Pulitzer Prize three times could hardly have expected the Nobel lightning to bunch its hits...
Scholars: WHAT IS IT? Luke had it before. Paul had it behind. Mathew never had it at all. All girls have it once. Boys cannot have it. Old Mrs. Mulligan had it twice in succession. Mr. Lowell had it before and behind, and he bad it twice as bad behind as before...
McCllelland, Eli right half, was easily the star of the game. He scored twice at the climax of long marches. The other Yale touchdowns came as a result of a pass, and a 72 yard runback of an intercepted pass in the final period...