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Word: ams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ashurst on public speaking: "A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information." On John Garner: "You play a straight oftener than almost any other man I know." On consistency: "But there never has been superadded to these vices of mine the withering, embalming vice of consistency." On...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Silver-Tongued Sunbeam | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

"I am not bowing out, because I have not bowed in. Senator Taft is a very capable man, and I think he would make a good President." This statement-of-the-week was made by Ohio's Governor John William Bricker, who announced at Columbus that he will not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: 1940 | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Excuse for last week's action was that France could not afford to hold a general election, with its attendant publicity of the divisions of French political thought, while it was engaged in a "white war" with the Axis powers. Said Finance Minister Paul Reynaud, author of the French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Record | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

When Southern churchmen get together with Northerners, they usually keep their eyes peeled for a tar baby. Last week at Atlanta's big, good-willing congress of the Baptist World Alliance, even the highest-minded Southerners felt sticky when, congregating in social groups, they were approached by a Negro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Nonsense | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

Says a letter from Publisher Hoffmann: "The sole aim of News From Germany is to further a better understanding of the aspirations, the achievements, and the spirit of Germany; which, I am convinced, will serve the cause of world peace. The receipt of unbiased and accurate information will help readers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: News From Germany | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

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