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Word: whirlwinds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, Attorney General Frank Murphy, accompanied by Chief J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, suddenly appeared in Kansas City, Mo. This was but one stop for them, they said, on a whirlwind, 48-hour "inspection trip" to five big Midwest cities. Mr. Murphy explained that his mission was to tell his U. S. District Attorneys to snap into their work, clean up their dockets, above all not to cringe and flinch before any political overlords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: BIGGER THAN HINES | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...howled. This did not disturb Mr. Reardon, who proceeded to replace Dr. Smith's expert staff with "homebred" applicants. He sneered at Harvard professors, fought a bill to raise the compulsory school age to 16, championed a teachers' oath law. His critics fell silent, waited for a whirlwind. Last week it appeared that a hurricane would be Mr. Reardon's undoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Whirlwind | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

...troop of headliners associated with The Boys from Syracuse is no mere Who's Whooey. Every one knows his job. Every cook makes a contribution to the broth. Playwright Abbott provides a sound book (least brilliant part of the show) ; Director Abbott, whirlwind direction that keeps it moving, moving, moving; Comic Jimmy Savo contributes wild-eyed dimwit mischief; Fat Girl Wynn Murray, dishpan antics and Amazonian sex threats; Lorenz Hart, brash, bawdy, witty lyrics (best line: She was so chaste that it made her very nervous); Rodgers, a gay, bright lilting score, never better than it is in This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Musical in Manhattan: Dec. 5, 1938 | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...neighbors something to chaw over. He took a two-under-par 68 on each of the first two rounds, a 69 on the third and then, after trailing Ky Laffoon by one stroke at the 63rd hole, the pride of White Sulphur Dreezed through the final nine in a whirlwind 32 for a seven-under-par total of 273 -and first prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grapefruit Opener | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Once-beaten Lowell, with a squad of 17 players, will meet sixth-place Pierson minus the services of star back Dick Lewis, but the Bellboys appear to hold the edge over their Blue opponents. The Slaves, however, took their last four games to provide a whirlwind finish to their season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell, Adams, Eliot Gridmen Play at New Haven Tomorrow in Wind-up Games | 11/17/1938 | See Source »

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