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Word: forsythia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last time the President asked for more WPA money, a potent factor on his side was snow on the ground in Washington. Last week, though a late March blizzard might yet come, nature sided with the Economizers. The White House lawns were verdant. Cherry and forsythia bloomed in capital gardens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Pressure v. Blossoms | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

...hills, bag over shoulder, pushing a golf ball from bog to bog, trap to trap, and every so often sinking a birdie. Time to rise with the dawn, and hark to the lark in the trees by the edge of the lake in the morning mist, and watch the forsythia push forth in glory. And for the evening there's time to push to the metropolis for the theater or a spot of late dancing, just a touch of urban revelry to season the gentle time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...sudden burst of unseasonably fine London weather is responsible for setting the Hiltons, their two daughters, son, maid and terrier on a frolic for 16 lively hours. Forsythia and iris are blooming, and to love all hearts turn lightly save that of the Hilton's cleaning woman who ominously declares: "The first spring day Is in the devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 10, 1936 | 2/10/1936 | See Source »

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