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Word: acorn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...English-he's got to stand for something. A deep-hearted old jingo, tough as an acorn. Hearts of oak-wasn't that an old song? The acorn-heart of England. Ships, of course, and exports; that will be his business. An oak can stand for three hundred years, but this man is old. Have to get a big scene to bring out his fibre. Well, say he's in trouble with his stockholders; they don't like the way he's running the company, want him to resign, but he thinks he can diddle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Old English | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

During the course of his term President Coolidge will be requested to write other messages-almost daily. To the Colonial Order of the Acorn, to the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, to the National Association of Ice Industries, to the American Ornithologists' Union, to the National Association of Manufacturers of the U. S. A., to the American Numismatic Society, to the Tree Planting Association of New York City, to the Loyal Order of Moose, to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, cmetard hrshr shrd shrdl cm vbg kgk htmfaR wofda Rwarod wfaW...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Finer Knighthood'' | 8/13/1923 | See Source »

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