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Word: acceptably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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General Fournier did not entirely accept the offer. But he gave Contractor Simonetti a rifle and an arm band too. Later, General Fournier issued a statement: "The bandits will eventually be brought within reach of our guns by their craving for good food, drink, and companionship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Generals, Bandits, Nuts | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

...month. To this must be added about 30,000 tons a month from noncooperating mines mostly in Japan, Germany & Russia, the total bringing output into line with world consumption. U. S. producers wanted the reduction and remembering Katanga's sudden step-up last year hinted broadly it should accept it willingly. Instead Katanga was said to have countered with a proposal for 25% reduction in shipments only and creation surplus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Copper Quarrel | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

...real striking distance of electing a Speaker and organizing the 72nd House which first sits Dec. 7. Three days later a Republican death in Texas seemed to clinch Democratic Congressional control ? on paper. For the first time in a dozen years Democrats prepared to taste legislative authority and accept, none too willingly, legislative responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Democratic House | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

...ruled out. Divorce stories, when subjects of court record, were ordered reported without frills. No reason for the change was announced, but Newshawks heard that Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson made the decision, after witnessing the film of Five Star Final, in the belief that neighborhood movie-goers would accept the atrocities committed by the tabloid in the play as typical tabloid practice. Last week the News took another step away from ordinary tabloid practice. Apparently as an experiment, it copied the style of TIME'S picture captions on three of its pages. Samples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Hullabaloo | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

...Laval!" the Premier of France came home and brought home Daughter Jose. To French reporters she babbled, "America is a fairyland! Its women are beautiful! Its character is best interpreted by its man-built wonders, les skyscrapers! I certainly hope to return. It is possible, however, that I shall accept an invitation to join a French expedition which is going to Timbuktu, crossing the Sahara desert in caterpillar automobiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: America Is a Fairyland! | 11/9/1931 | See Source »

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