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Word: wilds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against the Government as soon as the House should be declared in session. Unwary, he allowed his attention to be distracted at the critical instant. Liberal House Leader Ernest La Pointe got ahead of him with a motion of "Confidence." The House leaped to its feet, and many a wild word flew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: In Canada | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

...into a "lift," Lift your "topper," Be polite, Like your grandpop and your popper. No matter if the dame Is a "wild one" or a "tame," Lift you "dicer" just the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Rescue | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

...outside British control (this will not bring relief for several years, however?not until the rubber trees grow to bearing age.) 2) Co-operative buying, perhaps legally enforced, by all U. S. rubber manufacturers. 3) Using rubber as economically as possible, and carefully reclaiming all old rubber. 4) Tapping wild rubber trees still growing in many places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Rubber | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

...rank whom he met while attending Queen Alexandra's funeral. He is concealing his presence in London rather cleverly, and had tea in secret with his sister, the Princess Ileana, who is at school near Ascot. He and his dissolute brother, Prince Nicholas, celebrated his renunciation by staging a wild party at Mitchell's, atop Montmartre, Paris (see CELEBRITIES DINE). Later he and the mysterious lady left Vienna to seek a quiet exile in Sweden; and he is expected to arrive shortly at Bucharest, in order to retract his rash step, which he now bitterly regrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROUMANIA: Carol Out | 1/11/1926 | See Source »

...second period the Crimson attack began to function more smoothly and the losers faltered. The Tigers threw away several opportunities to score with wild passes. Chase's first counter came after a heated scrimmage in the opening minutes of the period. The third session opened with the starting lineup intact, and the University skaters immediately carried the attack to the Princeconians who were fighting to hold their lead. After a minute of play Gross cleared the puck from a furious scrimmage in front of the Nassau goal and caught Cole-Brook urset for his sharp drive from the side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD DEFEATS PRINCETON SEXTET | 1/11/1926 | See Source »

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