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Word: worth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will enter the lists, and boldly pick Yale, though there is every reason why Princeton should win. This is a great test of my power. If I win, there will be considerable justification in the word that is going the rounds that Joe Forecast's support is worth more than a good backfield. And here are the scores...

Author: By Joe Forecast, | Title: JOE FEELS A BIT FUSSED ABOUT ELI-TIGER WAGER | 11/17/1928 | See Source »

...some of the photography question that some of the photography is excellent, that scenes are skillfully put together, and that Fay Wray does a first class bit of acting. But somehow the thing seems to drag out interminably. As a picture by von Stroheim. "The Wedding March" is probably worth seeing, and as movies go it certainly is more than average, but none the less in view of what has been said in anticipation it is a great disappointment...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE FUNERAL NOT THE WEDDING MARCH | 11/15/1928 | See Source »

...descent has not been only from the ape, it is also from the tiger. The tiger must be not merely apprehended but eliminated if the state is to survive. The ape in us has come through history with spiritual power. The tiger has not. That is a difference worth remembering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Baldwin's Ape | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Last week, King Amanullah put abrupt end to such rumors. Pridefully he pointed out that his European trip had cost $75,000, but that the gifts he received were worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Profit $22,425,000 | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...Chicago, burglars entered the home of William Fricke. Mrs. William Fricke's police dog slept while they stole $1,000 worth of property. When the police came in response to the calls of Mrs. William Fricke, her police dog rushed at them and bit them severely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Nov. 12, 1928 | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

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