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Word: personal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...When G.. K. Chesterton first saw the blazing advertising signs along the Great White Way, he commented: "What a wonderful sight for a person who cannot read...

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

...With the Wind to reach England. As soon as he had finished it, he rushed to the telephone and mischievously called Vivien Leigh. Said he: "Vivien, I've just read a great story for the movies about the bitchiest of all bitches, and you're just the person to play the part...

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

...greater miracles [than the use of handkerchiefs] have occurred. A wonderful improvement has taken place ... regarding the practice of spitting on floors and sidewalks and in vehicles. Only those who have seen this improvement could believe it possible to influence the public in personal behaviour in so short a time. Transferring a cold to another person is the worst of bad manners...

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

...With what person do you spend the most time?" Correct answer: "With mother." Comment: This answer might mean one thing when given by a nine-year-old, quite another from a 16-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Now, Oscar! | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...Bruins, Captain Harry Platt and George Fisher will be in at the forward posts, Jim Person at center, and Jack Padden and Tank Wilson at the guards...

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: ROTHSCHILD IS PLACED ON LINEUP OF QUINTET | 12/13/1939 | See Source »

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