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Word: booked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tried three times to make the Crimson, failed each time. In 1910 he went to work as sports editor of the New York Morning Telegraph, was fired two years later. Then he went to the Tribune as a reporter, became a rewrite man, copyreader, Sunday magazine editor, dramatic critic, book reviewer, finally columnist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Last Column | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Although the book is lively and practical enough to hold most adults, 63-year-old Dr. Stimson, an ardent bird-lover, occasionally reverts to the goody-talk of pre-Parran days. Sample...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Wonderful Improvement | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Written in simple, direct English, the book is designed for high-school students. It gives accurate, scientific pictures of all contagious U. S. diseases, in alphabetical order, from amebiasis (amebic dysentery) to yellow fever, appends a glossary of scientific terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Wonderful Improvement | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...little, in-page book was written by Dr. Arthur Marston Stimson, medical director of the Public Health Service. Designer was young Robert Brouse Thorpe Schmuck, who inserted graphic photographs of malaria victims, battered privies (see cut), rotting carcasses of animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Wonderful Improvement | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Minister Guy La Chambre and Film Director Rene Clair. In 1916 Heriat gave up his studies to enlist, fought for 20 months. His first book, The Lamb, won the Renaudot Prize in 1931. The Spoiled Children, winner of the Goncourt, is his seventh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goncourt | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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