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Word: throughly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The Crimson mentor made it known yesterday that he would not announce the starting sextet until after the final practice at the Garden this afternoon. Not having practiced since last Thursday the entire squad of 21 men will be put through a rigorous drill today.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STARTING SEXTET STILL A MYSTERY AS B.U. TILT NEARS | 12/17/1929 | See Source »

Young, intelligent, fatally beautiful, Diana von Wassilko is the kind of girl who gives and goes. In her coolly amorous passage through the social high spots of Europe, she has many calls on her generosity. When the story opens, she has just left one lover, an unripe Viennese poet, after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Diana in a Green Hat | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Of the RCA Theremin, admittedly an uncannily clever invention, Olin Downes wrote in the New York Times: ''We do not like to think of a populace at the mercy of this fearfully magnified and potent tone that Professor Theremin has brought into the world. The radio machines are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sokoloff's Choice | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

When a newspaper forages through its news calendar, seizes whatever news it can find or rehash, throws an edition into print and out upon the streets ahead of competitors, that edition is a "bulldog" edition. Chicago's Herald & Examiner ("Herex") publishes a "bulldog" edition on Sunday afternoons. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Herex Bull | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

When the Department of Agriculture wonders about the habits of U. S. birds and animals it asks the Bureau of Biological Survey* to report. Chief of the Bureau is tall, spare Paul G. Redington, who spends his time traveling through the wild gamelands of the U. S. and Alaska. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Game Gossip | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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