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Word: wings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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After an election held last night the Lampoon announced the addition of three men to the editorial board and one to the business board. Charles Cortez Abbott '28 of Cambridge, William Brewster Jr. '28 of Lewisburg, W. Va., and George Wing Dryer '27, Birmingham, Ala., were elected to the editorial side, and William Nelson Bump '28 of New Rochelle, N. Y., became a member of the business board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampy Elects Four | 5/14/1926 | See Source »

...anything slips," said Byrd, eyeing a wing that dangled from the derrick,"the expedition comes to an end right now!" But all was accomplished without accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Pilgrims: May 10, 1926 | 5/10/1926 | See Source »

Once a year the extreme left wing Laborites of Britain gather to keynote their Independent Labor Party platform and to reiterate their claim to be "he brains of the British Labor movement." When they assembled last week at Whitley Bay, there was in evidence a new party slogan: "Socialism in our time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Hefty Planks | 4/19/1926 | See Source »

Over the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan last week hung a cheerful serenity; all was in array in the new south wing (opened for the first time) with its huge Roman court and 29 galleries. These complement the older 75 galleries and offices, permit proper display of all collections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Metropolitan Enlarged | 4/19/1926 | See Source »

...Mowbray, indeed, deserves much credit. Sole representative--except for that triumphant moment when Mr. Clive, himself, around the stage (deafening applause) of the masculine in a dramatic matriarchy, he adjusted his bat wing tie, leaned on his cane, angled his hat, was, in fact, the life of the party. Yet one cannot forgive him those lines--or Gertrude Jennings either--"Do you remember your parents? Then I suppose they died before you were born." Men have walked the streets of Brockton for less than that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMNESIA AND BROMIDES WITH PERSON IN PINK | 4/7/1926 | See Source »

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