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Word: walked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...child's head flopped to & fro on its neck.] I bought babies' toys for him but when I held them out he couldn't grasp them. He lay there like a-like a lump of pudding." Jerry grew large rapidly, too rapidly. He never learned to walk alone, could only lurch, spin and sprawl. Almost nothing coordinated. He had to be helped with the simplest functions. When he was put in institutions, he pined for his family. He was subject to fits. Caring for him ceaselessly at home exhausted the parents' health as well as their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Horror Story | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...promotion of the open-toed, open-backed shoe for street wear. . . . Today you see millions of women, all over America, slop-slopping along the streets with not only their toes out, but their heels out too. ... I won't be a bit surprised if, some day, they just walk right out on you and shellac their soles and put bells on their toes and say, 'To hell with shoes!!' . . . All this makes me very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Saddened Editor | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Slender Junior Bob Graves provided the finishing touches of Crimson to the sixth annual New England Intercollegiate golf tournament on the Oakley Country Club course late Saturday afternoon by posting a splendid 70-71--141 to spread-eagle a 32-man field and take the individual crown in a walk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOB GRAVES' 141 WINS N.E. GOLF TOURNAMENT | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...Freshmen had crashed through with a walk-away race just before them, which netted the Yardlings a three-length win without a sprint, while the Navy plebes, a Columbia, and an illstarred Penn boat followed in that order...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Sink Navy With Withering Final Sprint | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...couple of years ago Harold Wolff began to notice a lack of fincase in the tactics of certain competitors and forsaw trouble ahead. Mr. Wolff began to walk, not run, toward the nearest exit, and he has now reached what he considers to be safe ground. Mr. Wolff is not a tutor at all, he says, at least not in the commercial sense. His metier is "guidance and supervision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALIAS "GUIDANCE" | 5/4/1939 | See Source »

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