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Word: 450th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...middle of the next night he had better news. After 1 a.m. he was sitting up in bed working on his stamp collection (he had been presented that clay with the first of an issue of private stamps issued for the 450th anniversary of Martin Luther's birth) when word was brought to him that Congress had adjourned. Happy, he turned out the light and went to sleep conscious that he had been blessed as few presidents are: he had 1) got Congress to pass most of the laws he wanted, and 2) got rid of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bliss & Woe | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

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