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Word: wee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scratching her nose, convey the impression that her head is full of thoughts. Consequently, scenes in All of Me which show her as an attentive audience to the curt love making of Raft and his mistress are more effective than they should be. The picture is a pee-wee parable, strident, quick and insincere. Grisly shot: Raft's jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 12, 1934 | 2/12/1934 | See Source »

Died. Joseph ("Wee Joe") Devlin. 61, longtime Irish Nationalist leader, brilliant orator; of cancer of the throat; in Belfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 29, 1934 | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

...nervous treble. He uses whip and spurs less than most young jockeys who are less canny with their hands, but he can ride a "strong" finish when he needs to. Only 4½ ft. tall, not much heavier than 92 to 95 Ib. on a jockey-room scales, pee-wee Jack Westrope may well satisfy his remaining ambition-to win the Kentucky Derby- before he needs to face a jockey's greatest problem, weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jockey of the Year | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

Last week Public Works Administrator Ickes agreed to lend the Port of New York Authority $37,500,000 at 4% with which to drive a second automobile tunnel from Manhattan (West 39th Street) under the Hudson River to New Jersey (Wee-hawken). Work was to start in 60 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Public Works | 9/11/1933 | See Source »

...Miss Davies' pardonable affection for her own brogue, which sometimes causes her to speak as though she had a live mackerel under her tongue. Typical shot: Peg's father. Pat (J. Farrell MacDonald) when he sees that she is downcast, advising her to appeal to the Wee Folk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 29, 1933 | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

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