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Word: head (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...recover the interned ship when war is over. World War I had been lost when the Germans scuttled their fleet at Scapa Flow. If Hitler ordered the Spee scuttled merely that his enemies would never lay hands on her, World War II was already half lost in his own head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Pocket into Pocket | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Gable's head was in a whirl. Hundreds of the prettiest little girls he had ever seen had surrounded him earlier. One looked at him a little too long, gasped: "Lord, I can't stand this any longer," fainted. An eleven-year-old girl, given a choice of getting a Christmas present or meeting Clark Gable, chose Gable. When Gable kissed her, she asked, "Now am I a woman...

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

Fortnight ago Walla Wallans gave a party for Publisher Kelly, now president and chief stockholder. On a month's vacation last fall Mr. Kelly went East, called at the head offices of the big can companies, finally made a deal with Continental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Father of Peas | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...West Frankfort, Ill., William Darnell, shot in the head 19 years before, sneezed and wheezed the bullet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...Golden, Colo., suicidal Edward Madden climbed a tree, tied a rope to a branch, fastened the other end around his neck, and jumped. The rope broke, Edward Madden staggered away in a daze, died of a fractured skull when his head struck a boulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oddest | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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