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Word: windowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...English art-lovers cried aloud to see it lost to the Antipodes. So infinite in detail and so opulent are the Madonna's cascaded red robe, blue tunic and gold embroidered background that the painting seems less a miniature than a heroic picture seen through a small window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Little Louvre | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

...Over the top window of Manhattan's tallest building hover perpetually two genuine angels, standing guard over a soul imprisoned in a steel girder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fun from Hollywood | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...fire engines arrived at the scene in time to discover small wisps of smoke curling out of the basement window of the Lampoon building. Upon entering the cellar, the smoke-eaters quickly stamped out the blaze. The only casualty suffered occurred when one of the firemen stepped on a discarded gin bottle, slipped, and fell on a beer-can opener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arson Hint in Lampoon Blaze Throws Suspicion On Publication Executives; Profit Motive Is Seen | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...Foreign Commissar used the same line of argument in objecting to the Aland (pronounced o-land) Islands fortifications now planned by Sweden and Finland. The islands are near the Gulf of Finland. Armed and in hostile hands, they could close the U. S. S. R.'s only Baltic window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER POLITICS: Try, Try Again | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...strong objection to the tree was that it offers no window from which to jump. As a compromise, the Committee on Arrangements has agreed to have a ladder handy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Bawl Street | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

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