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Word: wanted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...really have nothing in particular to say 'he began. (Flash! went a flashlight bulb.) I thought you might want to ask questions." (Flash! Flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: His Majesty's Press Agent | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...didn't think there would be ladies " (Flash! went a flashlight bulb.) "I thought you might want to ask questions." (Flash! Flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: His Majesty's Press Agent | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...pacts with Herr Hitler are not finding a very good market at the present moment. The Scandinavian public is dead set against them. Even when the British a few weeks ago suggested they might guarantee the Scandinavian countries' independence, they showed no enthusiasm. They want neutrality, not pacts. Obviously, all four would have liked to reply to Germany in unison: "Thank you, Herr Hitler, but we don't want any pacts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER POLITICS: No Thank You, Herr Hitler | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...conclusion of the speech, the King and Queen stepped down from the marquee into the open area. The grouped World War Veterans kept their places stiffly for a moment, and then, chanting "We want the King!", surged toward the Royal couple. Guards moved to interfere but the King waved them away. A greying veteran grasped the King's hand with his right, the Queen's with his left. Others slapped the King on the back, wrung the Queen's free hand. "You don't need any bullet-proof glass here, Your Majesty!" they cried. "God bless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Royal Visit | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...Harrison himself is the smoothest ingredient. As a novelist who works in a studio with a romantic north light, he understands women so well that he is willing to teach a couple of smug husbands that if they want to hold their wives, they had better come across with some of the little niceties that ladies appreciate. Mr. Harrison has a lot of fun teaching them their lesson, and so does the audience, if you like attempted seduction in an atmosphere of soft music, low lights, and exquisitely cut dinner jackets. Mr. Harrison's technique would make even a Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: * The Moviegoer * | 5/25/1939 | See Source »

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