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Word: unscrew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Author. Like his aspiring hero Harry Patterson, Clyde Brion Davis "has all his life been trying to unscrew the in-scrutable." Described as having "a vaccination scar on the left arm, a hand grenade scar on the back of the neck, a horse kick on the right shin, a mole on the left cheek," 42-year-old Author Davis has been a steamfitter's helper, chimney sweep, furnace repair man, electrician, detective, a knockabout journalist from Buffalo to Seattle. His hobbies include "spinning members of the W. C. T. U. and D. A. R. in revolving doors," giving fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Innocent at Sea | 8/2/1937 | See Source »

When customs agents boarded Bootlegger Carl Rettich's yacht Prudence in Boston harbor three years ago. they searched in vain for contraband until one chanced to unscrew an electric light bulb. At once panels slid back, revealing thousands of dollars worth of liquor. In Rettich's Warwick house the raiders scraped some whitewash off a brick pillar in the cellar, found and turned a key. A great slab of concrete rose quietly out of the floor, opening the way to a subcellar. Steps led from the subcellar to a huge vault in which were found three machine guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Robber's Den | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

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