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Word: trip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...served (also Christmas cookies), but not until 3 o'clock in the morning did anyone think of the time or of moving from their places. We heard at first hand the story of those now world-famous exploits of the Emden and the unbelievable heroism of the trip from Keeling Island to Turkey. . . . The thing that struck us all and made the deepest impression was the almost complete lack of appearance of the pronoun "I" in any of the narrative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 30, 1939 | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...joined forces, gathered around them an imposing array of writers and actors, and produced one of the best pictures of the year. The flamboyance of Laughton and the high-strung tension of Hitchcock direction complement each other perfectly. The result is high adventure worthy of Dumas combined with the trip-hammer pace of a first-rate detective story. Maureen O'Hara, Laughton's much-heralded colleen, is not, however, the sensation that one might expect. While she is admirable as a wide-eyed adventuress, it is hard to imagine her as a big-time all-around actress,--but then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...slow blues. They are really something. Irving, Fazola, the clarinet player, has a blues tone which is so full and clear that Mr. Goodman just shuts up when anybody mentions his name. Jesse Stacy, Goodman's old piano man, is with the band, and he alone is worth the trip down there. The rest of the band--the trick stuff of drummer Ray Baudue and bassist Bobby Haggert, you probably know about already, so there isn't any need to review it. Incidentally, the latter is the author of the very popular "What's New", which the Crosby gang originally...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

Both Joe Koufman and Gene Lovett served fair warning yesterday in the Jayvee-C team scrimmage that they have returned to the fight for Varsity terminal posts. Neither outpost candidate made the trip to Chicago because of injuries, but both are ready now. Loren MacKinney seems pretty solidly entrenched at the left wing, but either Koufman or Lovett has a chance to edge out operatives Kelley or Devine for the other...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: GRIDMEN DRILL FOR TILT WITH QUAKERS | 10/17/1939 | See Source »

...until Herr Hitler arrived back in Berlin that Germans knew he had been away. The trip was entirely secret. All the time he was absent his guard of honor stood before the Chancellery, and his personal pennant, which flies only when he is in Berlin, was left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN THEATRE: This Day Ends a Battle | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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