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Word: wave (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...looked like the gray crinkled hide of an elephant. At night it was an arabesque pattern of vermilion, magenta, citron. Then the top of the wall would curl like a malevolent phosphorus wave. With a crash as of metallic surf it would topple, advance, cool, form another wall. For some reason the lava moved more swiftly at night. Even from Messina, at the northern tip of Sicily, it could be seen slipping down Etna, like a tiny blazing snake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Etna | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

Argentinians felt closer to Europe than usual, when the not yet officially open short wave radio-telephone station at Buenos Aires was placed at the disposal of a somewhat sick and very wealthy woman who desired to consult her physician in Berlin "about a private illness." After a 20-minute conversation, she emerged beaming, reassured. Gallant reporters concealed her identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sick and Wealthy | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...whose bodies were bent back sharply over the ropes. Mrs. Smith became separated from her husband. He refused to take another step until she was restored to his side. An officer found her; she was white with fright. Finally, the Smiths reached an automobile. The Brown Derby began to wave salutations. As far as his dazzling blue eyes could see, was the People?on roofs and on streets. It took an hour for the Smith automobile to travel 20 blocks. For safety the motor had to be shut off; the People pushed the car. An old man in a robe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle of the Atlantic | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

...real BRITANNIA is a serene Imperial Goddess, hymned by certain Christians who rule many a wave. But now in London a small, suave Semite is putting forth a new and blatant Britannia?a magazine which proposes to leap at one bound into commanding rulership of the pulpy waves on which are printed British advertisements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Frankau's Britannia | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

...Smith technique during parades: sweep the hat, inclusively, at nearby crowds. Grin squarely at this person, then that. Answer cries with a comeback now and then. Scan crowds at distant windows; single out one group, grin and wave the hat straight at the group. A distant concerted cheer will come back. People in the street look up. Everyone cheers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In the Midlands | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

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