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Word: twinning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Robert Graham is excellent as Antipholus of Ephesus, but he still carries many of the pixilated mannerisms of his performance in "Brother Rat" along with him; Eddie Albert, the twin brother, is adequate and best when singing; Teddy Hart and Jimmy Save pall occasionally, but theirs is the hardest assignment, and that they are less of an anathema than they are is a minor triumph. Top honors in the cast must go to the female sex; Wynn Murray, as Luce, is grand both in her songs and in her interpretation of comedy; Mary Wescott, as Luciana, is likeable though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 11/8/1938 | See Source »

...that time the Loyalist air force consisted largely of a formidable collection of antiquated fighting planes - old Breguets, built in 1921, a Dewoitine, a Hawker Fury, a Gipsy Dragon - which Malraux had purchased for the Government. There was a twin-engined, high-wing Potez which carried a crew of five and in which Malraux flew as copilot. There was a modern, fast Boeing, useful only as a threat be cause the machine gun could not be synchronized to fire through the propeller. No match for Franco's air force, Malraux's fliers dodged behind clouds, avoided combat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: News from Spain | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...Gallagher (campaigning for $50 pensions for Minnesotans over 60) and Democrat Franklin Roosevelt. The President failed to accommodate Elmer Benson, a vociferous New Dealer, by scratching the Democratic slate in favor of Farmer-Labor as he did in 1936. With no similar New Deal deal in sight last week, Twin Cities betting odds, hitherto favoring the well-oiled Benson machine 10-to-9, dropped to even money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Drugstore Cowboy | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

...Twin backfield stars of the invaders are Captain Tom Mountain, right halfback who does most of the ball-carrying and kicking and is probably the best defensive back the Crimson have faced, and Dave Allerdice, their forward passer who looked lop-sided against Navy since he played the whole game with a huge shoulder-brace...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: THE LINEUPS | 10/29/1938 | See Source »

...added polish that the boys are applying to it this week, the double-shift should be an effective part of Harvard's offense against the Green powerhouse. Remember that the Crimson's first touchdown against Army came on Foley's pass to Daughters, a play which started from the twin shift...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: MacLeod, Hutchinson, Howe, Boast Great Scoring Record For Green | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

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