Word: twice
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...turn is controlled by Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Its tracks run from Chicago to Minneapolis, Duluth, Oshkosh, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, forming an important U. S. gateway for the C. P. R. The Wisconsin Central has $44,000,000 worth of bonds outstanding, has earned interest on them but twice in the past decade...
...ideally fitted for the part of the scarecrow in every respect except one; he was made deathly sick by smoking. The ever-resourceful technicians, never thwarted, finally evolved the scheme of filling Savery's pipe with punk. In the excitement of the performance, Savery would invariably inhale once or twice, instead of blowing at his punk. The scarecrow who had to smoke to live, almost died from smoking...
...expense of the passing system has been, on the whole, heavy. Two trucks a tractor, and a crew of from 20 to 25 men take over a week to complete this job. So twice a year a sizable sum is drawn from the maintenance coffers. As difficult as it may be fore many of the men in the University to overcome the pleasure of thumping along of a cold, wintry day, resoundingly smacking the boards with their thick leather heels, it seems that this will soon be necessary...
...spider web which ironically enough must develop at times into a stout hempen rope, that gives excuse for the presence of George M. Cohan. And it does not content itself with a single exhibition of its star but must with unparalleled magnanimity, offer him to the audience twice, once as T.K. Blair, the nominee for the presidency of the land, and again as the mountebank who is hired as a double to make up for the lack of sex appeal. The audience won't tire of its favorite and the producers haven't used him over-abundantly. The double exposure...
...Vice President-elect John Nance Garner has six acres of pecan trees on his Texas ranch, and fortnight ago his Stuart pecans won first place at the West Texas Pecan Fair at Rising Star. His crop this year came to 1,000 lbs. Pound for pound, pecan meat is twice as nutritive as pork chops, five times as nutritive as veal. No other nut is so fatty. Southern cooks use pecans in their famed crisp pralines...