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Word: bringing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Said Mrs. Garner: "They're hunting deer as usual. [But] I'm hoping they'll bring back a turkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: On the Hunt | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...made in his maiden speech: We are faced now with the task of preventing war. ... At the same time we must grasp the undoubted truth that . . . not a single more or less important war can be localized. . . . We must also tell ourselves that any war sooner or later will bring distress to all countries, both to the combatants and the nonparticipants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Minus a Member | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

While the Stars and Bars flapped from every building, some 300,000 Atlantans and visitors lined up for seven miles to watch the procession of limousines bring British Vivien Leigh (in tears as thousands welcomed her "back home"), Clark Gable, his wife Carole Lombard, Producer David O. Selznick, Laurence Olivier and others from the airport. Crowds larger than the combined armies that fought at Atlanta in July 1864 waved Confederate flags, tossed confetti till it seemed to be snowing, gave three different versions of the Rebel yell, whistled, cheered, goggled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: G With the W | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...spite of all, asserts Porter Sargent, Britain's campaign had failed to shake U. S. pacifism until Russia last month attacked Finland. Says he: "What an opportunity for propagandists to inflame idealistic emotions! The last straw to bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sargent's Bulletins | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...room table just after the supper dishes had been cleared away. About this time of year, it was, too. Annually, it must have caused Mr. Farley's postal predecessor some trouble. The address was a little vague. Just North Pole. But it got through, You always knew what to bring. All in all, it was a remarkable performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

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