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Word: gentlemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They were wonderful gentlemen. They paid me, oh, so-o-o many compliments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Spy Business | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...prosecutor tried to get her back to the subject of spying. "Ah," said Miss Moog, "I will not forget the flowers, the beautiful flowers at the roof garden. And those wonderful gentlemen. One gentleman, I remember, he said, 'I have not been in that wonderful America for eleven years. I love America,' he said. 'President Roosevelt is the greatest navy man in the world.' " Miss Moog ignored interruptions of the prosecutor, sighed on: "It made me very happy when those wonderful gentlemen said they liked President Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Spy Business | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...official gentlemen suggested that a lady of Miss Moog's attraction might well open "a villa in Washington" with German money. There she would explain Naziism to Congressmen, military and naval officers, newspapermen. Although she and Dr. Griebl did nothing and heard nothing more about it, they continued to visit Berlin night spots and absorb champagne at the German Government's expense. Miss Moog's prolonged account of this so vexed long-legged Judge Knox that he finally slapped the bench, barked: "Stop that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Spy Business | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...much to ask that we today preserve the individual liberties that to us have been sacred American heritage? Upon the answer of that question, ladies and gentlemen, rests the future of America. Upon it rests the maintenance and growth of democracy; upon it rests the future of civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Arizona Kid | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Polo's best. The U. S. Polo Association is a clique of moneyed, polo-playing aristocrats who not only govern the game but keep tabs on every poloist who plays well enough to compete in any of its sanctioned tournaments. Once a year these august gentlemen re-rank U. S. poloists, upping the handicaps of some, lowering those of others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sport: Kudos Nov. 14, 1938 | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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