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Word: carpeted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...passed the word. Thousands stood huddled along London curbstones to see and judge for themselves. Beloved George V was coming home at last to Buckingham Palace after his long convalescence at the rustic royal estate of Sandringham. At spick-and-span King's Cross Station a long red carpet had been spread. Baron Byng of Vimy stood stiff and medal-spangled at one end. As Chief of London's Police he was alert and anxious. This time) the route which Royalty would take to the Palace had not been kept secret, as is usual. If there were anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Come along, Ganpa! | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Bigelow-Sanford. Inventor of the power loom was Erastus B. Bigelow who became head of what is now the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. (Massachusetts), oldest U. S. carpet makers. Last week the oldest carpet makers absorbed the oldest rug manufacturers, Stephen Sanford & Sons (New York) founded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Deals: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...transplanted washerwoman wears ''a Paris cremation," a doubtful diplomat describes a rare piece of carpet as "hard to beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Herbert Revived | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

When a boy-child makes Solomon's temple out of blocks, then sets it afire, or pours water over the red carpet to turn the wheel of his mill, what can grandmother do but send him out to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Protean Gnome | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

Judds. No political carpet-bagger or "malihini" (stranger), Lawrence McCully Judd is a native of the Islands as was his father before him. He is a "Kamaaina" (friendly old-timer), "oluolu" (sympathetic) to the native population. For a century his family's history has paralleled Hawaii...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Paradise | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

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