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Word: zagged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Driving Russia further & further toward Communism,- Josef Stalin's Communist Party advances by a series of zigzags, first zigging as far to the Left as the people will stand, then zagging a trifle to the Right, easing the strain. Came last week a major zag. Dictator Stalin and Premier Molotov signed a sheaf of decrees conferring on Soviet peasants for the remainder of 1932 these boons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Big Zag | 5/23/1932 | See Source »

Misleading to many is the Moscow Government's "zigzag policy" which Stalin & Co. apply to nearly everything. Zig they go as far to the left as they dare; then zag to the right, biding their time; then zig again further to the left! Last week Moscow's famed Pravda, often the mouthpiece of Josef Stalin, zigged furiously at the kulaks (rich peasants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pravda Scream | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...saloon, in his cabin, on deck. There he found his employer's handkerchief. He ran to the bridge to tell Capt. John M. Kelley. The Sabalo put about. Foot by foot a searchlight's bright shaft swept a circle about the idling yacht, found only its own zig-zag reflection. (The owner's yachting cap was fished from the sea two days later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mystery Plunge | 9/1/1930 | See Source »

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