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Word: amounting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...encyclopedia of the theatre. The Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays (Crown, $3), out last week, adequately fills the need. It is marred by too much sloppy writing and too many canned opinions; but inside its 900 pages Editor Bernard Sobel-a veteran of Broadway-has crammed a vast amount of useful information about the theatre's thousands of years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Who, What, When, Where, How | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...operation for a liver ailment, she was too weak to have it, too poor to pay for it. Promoters of the California's women's football championship game hoped that a third of the gate receipts (pledged to defray Georgia's operation costs) would amount to the needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 25, 1939 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...would knock and greet the unsuspecting students with an extended money pan and a sentimental story. But they didn't get far, for after they had collected a sizeable amount and were about to make their escape, the due met a squad of Yard police who immediately escorted them out of the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO MEN CAUGHT IN YARD FOR FRAUDULENT CHARITY DRIVE | 12/19/1939 | See Source »

...think "lag" style can be found by pounding ahead in four-four drive. Just the opposite results. And if your are going to be successful, you must have a band that plays in the "same hag"; in other words, plays as a unit the same amount behind the beat. That's why all new bands, bands of all-stars, bands mixing two beat and four beat men are bad. You can't have a mixture of ideas about the "proper lag" and get the swing. For unity, a really good swing band must make a football team look like...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

Funds are available in sufficient amount to grant 20 scholarships of $1000 each, but it is expected that the average award will be slightly less than this figure. The amount granted to each successful applicant will depend on his financial need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS SCHOOL TO ESTABLISH NEW NATIONAL AWARDS | 12/13/1939 | See Source »

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