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Word: wet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wince at the rattle of a machine gun. The rabble must be given a good fright. He mustn't be brainy. . . . I would rather have a stupid, vain jackass who can give the Reds a juicy answer . . . than a dozen learned professors sitting trembling on the wet trouser leg of facts. . . . Oh-and he must be a bachelor. Then we shall get the women. . . ." They study the man at the other table, then call out to him: "HITLER! HITLER! . . ." Such was the opening this week of a new propaganda serial staged by British Broadcasting Corp. Its name: The Shadow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hostilities | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...weather: "My shoes in the wardrobe are wet, my clothes on their hangers wilt, the cough drops melt in the corked bottle, and the envelopes in the desk all seal themselves." Of servants there were five, among them a little native boy, one of whose chief duties was "to stand with his small bare feet apart and whistle fuzzily." Of household pets there were swarms, domestic and wild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Atlantic Wife | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...best offense may be a good defense this afternoon, especially if a wet field slows down the leather luggers of both schools and makes aerial operations difficult...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: HARLOWMEN FACE ARMY INVASION TODAY | 11/11/1939 | See Source »

...Coughlin of the Record: "Dartmouth, 20-7; Hutchinson will help roll up the score. A wet field will favor Dartmouth's power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Game Predictions by Local Sports Experts | 10/28/1939 | See Source »

...slipperiness of the wet ball gave the Green booters an opportunity to which they added a new spirit gained during the half. Harvard's eleven relapsed into their slipshod habits of the past few weeks, bunching, muffing, and slowing down, and the result was that Doano, Indian left inside, and Eckhardt, high scoring center, hit pay dirt and tied up the score...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Booters Score in Last Period; Gain 3-2 Win Over Indians | 10/28/1939 | See Source »

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