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Word: twinning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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YALE--Schroeder looked at a third strike. Humphrey singled to center, but Loveday hit into a snappy twin kill, short to second to first. One hit, no runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How the Crimson Beat Yale Yesterday | 6/22/1939 | See Source »

Martina and Sylvina Lawrence, twin daughters of an English diplomat (Wilfrid Lawson), can be told apart only when they part their hair on different sides. Within, frivolous, selfish Sylvina and gentle Martina are as different as black & white. When Martina falls in love with a young Englishman (Michael Redgrave) whom she encounters on an alp, Sylvina steps in, nabs him. A sailing spill drowns Sylvina, leaves Martina in possession of her sister's wedding ring, husband, lover, and life-and Actress Bergner with a psychological problem worthy of her steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 5, 1939 | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...Manhattan with his mother, he stays over to see a show or two, any kind just so he's sure it's likely to be good. Occasionally he goes duck shooting on the Chesapeake. Still more rarely he goes on short cruises in his 107-foot, twin-Diesel yacht Glenmar, from which he keeps in communication with the plant by radiotelephone. He likes to talk about plans for a long trip at sea, but probably he will never make it, because he invariably finds ways to keep himself busy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Kites to Bombers | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...unsound principles upon which modern accounting methods are based." Some of his examples: A man invests $30,000 in 1,000 shares of General Motors at 30. The stock rises, he sells it at 60, and reinvests in 1,000 shares of International Harvester at 60. His twin puts $30,000 into International Harvester at 30, it rises to 60, and he keeps it. Each started with the same amount in cash, each ended with 1,000 shares of International Harvester, but according to accounting practice, one had $30,000 profit and the other none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCOUNTING: After McKesson's | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Coach Andy Coakley's Lions have won but one of their three League games. First of all, they granted the Crimson a welcome 11 to 3 win in New York last month in the League curtain-raiser for the Stahlmen, and then they went on to split a twin bill with Dartmouth. Pitching has been the chief dilemma for the Morningsiders, because most of their flingers are sadly lacking in experience...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: NINE FACES LIONS AT SOLDIERS FIELD | 5/3/1939 | See Source »

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