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Word: wooded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...glass should have broken the stillness; instead, the absence of a sound where there should have been one made a crevice in the night, transforming it into a riot of noise by contrast. Reflected in the glass he could see the flames in the fireplace lick across the wood, hushing its crackle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

...Germany are ersatz (substitute) materials which Nazis have developed to take the place of imported raw materials. Last week many a German enjoyed a quiet chuckle when he found in his mailbox a fake bill from an industrious gagster who "demanded" payment for a suit of clothes made of wood fabric instead of wool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Suit and Sprouts | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

...Chicago last week Drs. Francis Wood Godwin and Alfred Orpheus Walker showed pictures of a .22 calibre bullet in flight taken at speeds of about one-millionth of a second, fastest exposure ever accomplished. These photographs revealed the bullet "stopped" in its course, a clear-cut image with highlights gleaming on its surface; stopped again so close to a pane that its reflection could be dimly seen in the glass; passing through and emerging in a cloud of glass dust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Quick as a Flash | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

Coach Johnny Wood of the Crimson Jayvee basketball team sent in substitute after substitute yesterday afternoon and still the scoring continued against the hapless Babson Institute quintet, the final result being...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee Quintet Overpowers Weak Babson by 67-13 Score | 1/13/1939 | See Source »

Coach Johnny Wood's Jayvee cagers flashed their best form of the season and the result was a convincing 54 to 30 victory over the Tufts Jayvees in a well played game yesterday afternoon in the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAYVEE HOOPSTERS WIN | 1/11/1939 | See Source »

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