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Word: windowful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When St. Gandhi entered New Delhi to do verbal battle with Viceroy Baron Irwin (TIME, March 2) at least 80,000 Indians mobbed him with acclaim. Affectionate pressure stove in a window of the Mahatma's automobile, showered his blanket with splintered glass. But last week the skinny little champion managed to leave New Delhi amid a demonstration twice as orderly, half as large. He had only signed a truce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Great Mystic: Great Viceroy | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...made a little progress in the school of humanity!" With cheers the whole populace escorted the company a few miles on their way; and in the deserted square nobody saw what happened to Singer Nello and his mistress Alba except the mysterious woman who watched everything from her shuttered window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Men Like Dogs* | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

Rogers hops a plane and does a great thing for the Red Cross; Newshawk Brisbane rides a soft and safe Pullman and tells the world what he sees from the car window and it's the same old bunk he has been handing out for the past ten years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1931 | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

...capitol building at Denver makes an ideal home for visiting pigeons. The crannies are comfortable and from time to time Colorado's philanthropic legislators provide a penny's worth of peanuts, prime pigeon fare. But last week the birds returned evil for good. Through a window they entered the legislative chamber, scratched, cooed, flew about the high ceiling making themselves a nuisance. Debate on a $600,000 appropriation bill was dropped, the Speaker called the janitor. The janitor called his assistant. His assistant called Electrician Fred Karns. Finally, over the protest of several legislators who fancied themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Pigeon Shoot | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

...resident of Lowell House, and his North Shore Ramblers. Supper will be served at midnight. In order to provide a natural setting for the ball, the committee in charge has decided to make use of a large number of cedar trees, which will be placed in the window recesses along the walls of the room. Cut flowers will complete the decorations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR LOWELL DANCE | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

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