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Word: whitely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ernest Robert Graham, wife of the head of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects of the new opera house (TIME, Nov. 4), wore for the first time a diamond necklace which Emperor Napoleon gave to Marie Louise on the birth of their son. Napoleon II, "King of Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Robeson's Return | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...Opera House (TIME, Jan. 28) and before that in many a European capital, there was much discussion because Hero Jonny is supposed to be a black-face comedian. The Metropolitan authorities worried about letting Basso Michael Bohnen wear full, realistic black-face makeup, thought perhaps his neck should show white to reassure prejudiced observers. At the dress rehearsal the neck was white. It looked so absurd that at the performance it was blackened like the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Robeson's Return | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...Malmesbury, South Africa, a white girl gave birth to six boys. Three died shortly after birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Nov. 18, 1929 | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Harvard men may be indifferent, but their pets are certainly far from that. From a white rabbit to a goldfish, from a little dog to an owl, they live their different lives under the guidance of their Crimson caretakers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Brave Parietal Regulations Out of Countenance With Bewildering Zoological Exhibitions | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Probably the most amusing to watch is the white rabbit owned by a Sophomore in one of the Gold Coast dormitories. He spends his days sleeping in a box in the corner; his nights are occupied in disturbing his owners while they try to sleep. In the evenings he gambols over the green in front of Russell Annex, being guarded by an horde of onlookers; and in the mornings he is just...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Brave Parietal Regulations Out of Countenance With Bewildering Zoological Exhibitions | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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