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Word: wheeler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prior to this catastrophe, Bert Wheeler bet his watch with a guy that Lee Dixon, premier lover of the U. S. fleet, could garner a garter from Miss Martin, premiere iceberg of the Republic of Panama. In the meantime, Miss Martin has fallen for her hero, and he for her, but when she learns of the wager, she calls the affair off until the final curtain...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/25/1939 | See Source »

...Congressional Record. Even as a powerhouse of arguments, this Congressional debate was of little or no importance. The Washington public stayed away from a mere set of written speeches; waited for the sparring to come when such phrase-fisted boxers as Missouri's Clark and Montana's Wheeler clash with South Carolina's Byrnes and Nevada's Pittman over the bill itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Question Marks | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...MacKinney difference who scores first, Gibler ball to Macdonald and Wasem go for Harvard. The Wheeler fortune spins and the final score Wilston--Harvard 33, Chicago...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey occ, | Title: MAUROVICH-TORY IS MAROON HOPE, EXCLAIMS SAGE OF AGE | 10/14/1939 | See Source »

...Manhattan nightspots, boaters, bustles and high-wheeler emotions of the last century have been surefire entertainment for the last several years. CBS's young President William S. Paley, an occasional nightowl, thought the radio audience might like a whiff of the same. CBS Producer Al Rinker finally decided Diamond Horseshoe's Joe Howard was just the tintype to headline the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Radio Tintype | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Married. John Macrae, 72, longtime president of E. P. Dutton & Co. (books), famed for his white whiskers, pink shirts, and garrulous letters to the trade; and comely Opal Wheeler, fortyish, musicologist and schoolmistress; he for the second time, she for the first time; in Rosebank, Staten Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 18, 1939 | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

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