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Word: unlikelihoods (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Atlantic and Pacific Oceans have been photographed from the air hundreds of times. As seen from a window of the Graf Zeppelin they are not any more exciting than they have been in the past. Only a sense of the topical connection of these particular scenes and the unlikelihood that a camera could go around the world in a dirigible without finding anything interesting keeps you watching till the end. Apparently the unlikely has happened. There is a synchronized sound accompaniment, but that was put in at the studio. Best shot: one of the crew crawling out along the hull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsreel Theatre | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...volley, far superior to his opponent's. These things could not have prevented the unexpected from happening-had other causes made the unexpected inevitable. Since no such other causes cropped up, he took his match with ease 6-4, 6-0, 6-4. Thus were the apostles of unlikelihood brought to derision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: National Tennis | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

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