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Word: ablest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late U. S. District Judge William I. Grubb of Birmingham, Ala. was regarded by lawyers who practiced before him as one of the fairest judges, one of the ablest authorities on law in the South. Judge Grubb propounded a series of decisions to the grave disadvantage of NRA and TVA. Last week his successor was appointed: David J. Davis, great & good friend and onetime law partner of Alabama's Senator Hugo La Fayette Black. Said the Birmingham bar when he was proposed for the job: "Courteous . . . considerate . . . efficient." As a faithful follower of New Dealer Black, Judge Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: After Grubb | 12/23/1935 | See Source »

Though Captain Fred Moseley failed to show his fine form of last year, George Ford and George Roberts turned in performances that augur well for the Crimson fortunes. Russ Allen, paired with Traff Hicks at defense, did the ablest checking of the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M.I.T. DOWNED 12-0 AS PUCKSTERS SHOW WEALTH OF POWER | 12/11/1935 | See Source »

...have their group photograph taken last week the militant galaxy took their places on the steps of Kuomintang Party Headquarters with Dictator Chiang, Dummy President Lin Sen and Premier Wang Ching-wei. Among Chinese politicians the Premier rated last week as the most ardent and ablest exponent of the kite & string foreign policy for China and he was not only Premier but also Foreign Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Wang Winged | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

...SIGN FOR CAIN-Grace Lumpkin- Furman ($2.50). An excellently constructed, often moving story of the death of a Communist organizer in the South, written by one of the ablest of U. S. radical novelists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Nov. 11, 1935 | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

Died. Bertha M. Sprinks Goudy, 67, world's ablest woman printer, wife & partner of famed Type Designer Frederic William Goudy; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Marlborough-on-Hudson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 28, 1935 | 10/28/1935 | See Source »

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