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Word: asking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...modists who have drawn the old-style plans is Mr. Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania. "Who is Mr. Grundy?" ask the ill-informed. "We have heard of his wife?or his sister-in-law?or of some Mrs. Grundy?but who, oh who is MISTER Grundy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: The Tariff-Makers | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...here all alone. All the others have gone to the Ritz. But there is really nothing I can tell you, for we have not yet met with our associates on the experts committee. However, the time may come when we shall need your help, and we shall certainly ask...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Grand Spectacle | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...Joseph indicated the contours of the painted bosom Lawyer Miller jocosely murmured: "We will not go below the beads." Lawyer Miller denied perceiving certain innuendoes of color and form in the Louvre Belle. "If I were with you, you would see it," gibed Sir Joseph. When Sir Joseph was asked if he belonged to the French society called Friends of the Louvre he sighed and said: "I don't know. I shall have to ask my secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Duveen on da Vinci | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...fact that I have not read in the papers or periodicals any mention of any attempt having been made to start a movement toward the erection of a Museum of Peace, prompts me to write to ask if such a Museum has not been considered and if not your idea as to the practicability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blessed Are the Peacemakers | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

Where are they, you ask...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: THE CRIME | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

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