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Word: argumentative (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...network.) About jazz he is more tolerant. Says he: "To be frank, I detest it. But it can be used judiciously." Secretary Sylwin Strakacz, a confirmed swing fan, has long tried to get Paderewski interested in boogie-woogie, but the upshot of his efforts has usually been nothing but argument, long and loud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Veteran | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...contest held at Palm Beach's swank Colony Club, the leading contender for the title of "Glamor Girl of Palm Beach" was 17-year-old Cobina Wright Jr., Manhattan cafe society songstress. Judges were Photographer Hal Phyfe and Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg. After an argument with his fellow judge, Flagg huffed: "I have a vote, but it is not for Miss Cobina Wright. However, I will turn my vote over to Phyfe, and he can make the choice." Phyfe promptly chose Cobina Wright. Next day Illustrator Flagg saw her on the beach in a one-piece bathing suit. Dazzled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...house men, contrary to what was once common belief, favor the plan. Now, with their original straw scarecrows toppled, the Masters have been forced to fall back upon a nebulous euphemism--"house solidarity"--to substantiate their opposition to the associate plan. Gradually, though, even the misty outlines of this argument are crumbling as the result of official and unofficial investigation. Before long, then, the Masters may well be holding an untenable position merely to save "face...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COOPERATION FOR ASSOCIATION | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...raucous debate was expected. Minister of Labor William Tremblay of Quebec declared: "Mayor Houde missed his shot with the Communists and is now trying his luck with the Fascists, poor fellow." Noteworthy it was, however, that the Quebec Government of Premier Maurice Duplessis preferred not to enter the argument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Houde for Dictators | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...department devoted to design and actual drawing is isolated and disconnected from everything else," can it be that someone is ignorant of the function of Fine Arts 1a (of which Professor Feild was a part last year), or does he choose to disregard it for the purpose of the argument...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

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