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  • Zanuck characterized the early-'30s move toward prurience as a crusade of its own.

    The Storm Before the Calm Bruce Bennett 2011

  • As in the original, this series pays lip service to its period the mid-'30s as a social-political backdrop: tight budgets in a bad economy, the violent rise of revolutionary Fascism, scandal brewing around a new king who might abdicate.

    Roush Review: Upstairs or Down, You Can Go Home Again 2011

  • But an alarming statistic is new homes, if you look at the statistics from September '08 compared to '07, new home sales are down almost 40%, but existing home sales are up in the mid-'30s percent.

    Transcript: Don Peebles 2008

  • Steeped in the traditions of 1920-'30s Cascadian architecture, the new Raven's Hut will provide indoor seating for 300.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • In the mid-'30s, Jordan was the featured male singer with one of the greatest of the big bands led by drummer Chick Webb.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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