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Word: aims (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...official greatness, was accomplished last week by Adolf Hitler. He and Ludendorff conspired together for the Munich "Beer Hall Putsch" of 1923, marching down the street at the head of their henchmen toward Power- they hoped. When police began shooting to disrupt the putsch, they carefully did not aim at Hero Ludendorff who walked through their fusillade iron-faced, nor was Herr Hitler shot. Knowing that the police would aim at him well and truly, he dropped to his knees and skedaddled away to become Dictator another day. This ending of the putsch gave General Ludendorff an opinion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Heathen & Hitler | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...hope to plant deep roots in the soil of the college. It may be pleasant to suck the honeyed nectar of applause from local Junior Leagues from time to time, but only from audiences of Harvard students can come the support which the Council needs. It the Council should aim its rays at this untapped source, it would immeasurably improve its chance of growing to full stature and providing "an attractive and worthwhile extra-curricular activity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOLD IN THE HOUSES | 4/2/1937 | See Source »

Equipped with a serious, timely theme, a full-blown performance by Actor Baur, for whom madmen and the like are a specialty, The Golem does not aim to be a horror picture. Nonetheless, ably directed, festooned with English subtitles, its principal message for cinemaddicts who remember its predecessor will be that old Golems are the best Golems. Good shot: Ru dolph trying to engage the Golem in talk, raging when the statue fails to answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 29, 1937 | 3/29/1937 | See Source »

...King's aim has been perfectly consistent . . . to curb the excessive powers of local government, which were usually exercised for selfish, and often for seditious ends, and to systematize the judiciary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off Key | 3/24/1937 | See Source »

Taking careful aim at their prospective readerships, last week a pair of highly specialized publications, one a monthly, one an annual, opened fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Mirror, Bible | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

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