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Word: campaign (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...establish himself as America's number one patriot, movie magnate Carl Laemmle, Sr. recently put himself on record as an advocate of a national "Buy American" campaign in a statement which he describes as "of such general importance that it transcends the limits of a motion picture department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Laemmle Asks for Buy American Drive; Signs His Appeal "Patriotically Yours" | 5/12/1938 | See Source »

...Democratic trough in 1932 also has contributed materially to his emergence as Pennsylvania's Public Contractor No. 1. To Pennsylvanians born & bred in gutter politics, it therefore seems perfectly natural that blue-eyed Little Matt should draw first mud in this State's muddled Democratic primary campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Sugar Boy | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...with all of his sugar millions. For some time, however, the informed rich have been aware that Mr. Earle is no longer able to pony up such party funds as the $35,000 he gave the Democrats in 1932 and the $140,000 he put up for his own campaign in 1934. But until last week few suspected that their Sugar Boy turned Laborcrat was unable to repay a paltry $6,000, even though the continued existence of such a debt to such a creditor would menace any politician. From the Governor's bosom friend and Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Sugar Boy | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...Shantung Campaign. The historic first defeat in modern times of a major Japanese force, when Chinese fortnight ago drove the invaders out of Taierhchwang and chased them 20 miles back into Yihsien, brought down overwhelming Japanese reinforcements from Tsinan and Tsingtao last week. These raised the siege of Yihsien, from which 20,000 Chinese retreated, and approximately 150,000 Japanese effectives were said to face perhaps 400,000 Chinese along the broad "Chinese Hindenburg Line" paralleling the Lunghai Railway. Greatly alarmed, responsible Chinese newsorgans editorialized last week "Suchow is our Verdun," admitted that if Suchow is taken by the Japanese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: New Phase | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...last week it was apparent that the international tennis courts had not seen the last of Mrs. Moody. Packing up her rackets for her first tennis campaign in three years, Mrs. Moody, still nimble at 32, embarked for England. There she will try for her eighth English championship, will play for the U. S. in the Wightman Cup matches against England, next fall will attempt to capture one more U. S. title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Moody Maneuvers | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

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