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Word: wonders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Frankie Parker came into my life. Little shaver, thin, puny, but quiet and attentive. . . . He had the best eye for a moving ball I've ever seen. . . . It took four years of the hardest work to get the boy's title. . . . Last year the wonder boy never lost a set. . . . He is to be the best of the pack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Forest Hills | 9/12/1932 | See Source »

...fifth lap, crossed the finish two miles behind Miss America X, She had a broken throttle at the carburetor on her starboard motor, a break in the overflow pipe for water circulation that shot water into the boat instead of over the side, caused Kaye Don to wonder if he had sprung a leak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Harmsworth Cup | 9/12/1932 | See Source »

...drop away, watching the heavens em brace him. ... He found time to jot eloquent notes of what he saw. Excerpts:* "5:34 a. m. Brilliant daylight floods all about us. My young friend Cosyns begins his experiments in connection with the cosmic rays. What are we to discover? We wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Sentimental Journey | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

...somehow shooting them out in a curve. Last week he announced that he had done so, that he and his collaborator, the Marchese Luigi Salari had communicated over a distance of 167 miles on 57-cm. (less than 2-ft.) waves. Other radio engineers read his statement with wonder and respect, awaited details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Curved Radio | 8/22/1932 | See Source »

...item entitled "Bad Bear' which appeared on the page headed Animals of your issue of July 18. This morning I ran across a somewhat different version of this story in the weekly publication Labor for July 19, and thought you might be interested. Am enclosing clipping. I wonder which publication reported the real facts-TIME or Labor? LAWRENCE KELDER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 1, 1932 | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

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