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Word: acree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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To Congress President Roosevelt last week sent a message calling attention to a report of the National Resources Committee, entitled Little Waters. Said the President: "It is not suggested that we neglect our main streams and give our whole attention to these little waters, but we must have, literally, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Cuff-Links Gang | 2/10/1936 | See Source »

¶ From Hyde Park came the announcement that Peter C. Rohan & father were negotiating with representatives of Franklin Roosevelt to sell him a 450-acre farm east of his mother's estate. From the White House came word that the President was "considering."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Roosevelt Week: Feb. 3, 1936 | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

Almost but not quite so ugly as English bulldogs, boxers are a German improvisation arrived at by combining terriers, continental bulldogs and mastiffs. In Germany there are some 10,000 boxers, so named because when fighting they sometimes try to punch with their front paws. They are rivals to Doberman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Incorporated Boxer | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

One day last week President Crocker's cronies gave him a big luncheon in the Pacific Union Club to celebrate his 75th birthday. As conservative as his bank, old Mr. Crocker is a stanch Republican whose years have been filled with civic duties. He headed the committee that welcomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sons in San Francisco | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

Willie Crocker has never been tied to his desk by his duties, though he has not played polo since the 1933 bank moratorium. Now 42, stocky, stoutish, convivial, he romps through his work, has plenty of time for such fun as golf, tennis, visits to Pebble Beach, the snowy Sierras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sons in San Francisco | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

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