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Word: amounts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unfortunate for John Lord O'Brian that the Wagner Act and not the T.V.A. is an issue in the New York State campaign. For if he were discussing rural electrification, the Republican Senatorial nominee and prominent T.V.A. attorney would possess complete information and a certain amount of insight; while in meeting the labor issue, Mr. O'Brian is limited to a certain amount of information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. LORD O'BRIAN | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...lastest form, the Townsend Plan proposes Federal pensions, up to a maximum of $200 per month, for all persons 60 or over proving indigence, the amount paid to vary monthly by prorating among all certified pensioners the proceeds 20% :"transaction tax" (levied on every exchange of money for goods services.) The pensioners would be required to spend all their pension money each month before receiving more. Last week Dr. Townsend was in Hawaii studying a "gross income" tax of similar design instituted there in 1935 to increase the velocity of exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: Republican Realism | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...period could afford such scope, though from the Gold Rush on, photographers went along with the pioneers, the troops, the railroads. A disheartening revelation of the Taft book is how much of their unpretentious but now invaluable work has been carelessly lost; almost as great a revelation is the amount that survives. Samples : a covered-wagon caravan forming a wide circle for the night; the U. S. mail-coach with riflemen atop it, leaving muddy Salt Lake City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sun Picture Historians | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...Crimson sports world closed with mixed feelings Saturday night, as two football teams were defeated, and varsity soccer registered a deolded victory. But even in its defeats there were mixed feelings, for from the performances of the Harlow and Stahley elevens no small amount of moral gratification was derived...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL TEAMS LOSE OVER WEEKEND; SOCCER TRIUMPHS | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...Harlowmen came out of the game with perhaps more than the usual amount of bumps and bruises and one injury which may prove really costly. That was to Chief Boston, who alternated with Cliff Wilson at blocking back. The Chief sustained a leg injury which makes his status questionable for next Saturday's clash with Army...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Varsity Line Great in Cornell Defeat --- Yardlings Lose | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

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