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Word: three (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...give devilish-witted Prof. Thomas Reed Powell his just due, the crack originated thus: Justice Holmes (reading decision): "Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Prof. Powell (adding thereto in the Virginia Law Review, June 1931): "Mr. Justice Butler dissents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 18, 1939 | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...Little Ferry, N. J., three men who were WPA workers on election day became Mayor and Councilmen next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 18, 1939 | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Last fortnight Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead printed the story of the Renshaws. Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw and their three children live on a farm in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. The farm business was bad three years ago, and the Renshaws' luck was worse. After 30 years on the farm, Mr. Renshaw was about to lose his land by foreclosure. He got cancer of the face. All his horses died. He broke his arm. His car went to pot. He had to sell his hogs for practically nothing. When the subject of patriotism came up at school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Crops and Prospects | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...Finegan and Bill Webber shared scoring honors for the Crimson, scoring 11 and 10 points. Finegan sank four field goals and three free shots, while Webber earned his entire total on shots from the floor...

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: WESLEYAN TAKES 53-37 VICTORY FROM QUINTET | 12/16/1939 | See Source »

Captain Charley Lutz ran third with three field goals and a foul shot for a seven point total. Ed Buckley scored three, while Joe Romano, Ed Rothschild, and Jack Penson got credit for two points apiece...

Author: By John C. Robbins jr., | Title: WESLEYAN TAKES 53-37 VICTORY FROM QUINTET | 12/16/1939 | See Source »

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