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Word: chain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sheep dog licking his paws, but last week as Leader of the Opposition, fighting perhaps for his political life he was magnificent-John Bull at bay He began by revealing that Lord Rothermere has made two demands (as the price of support by his Daily Mail and Goliath newspaper chain for the Conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Sheep Dog at Bay | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

...been real estate, particularly in Chicago's loop, where he is part owner of several office-buildings; the Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co., of which he is a director; publishing (he founded The Red Book in 1903 and The Blue Book shortly after; sold both last year); and chain drugstores (Buck & Raynor chain, sold to Liggett's two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ravinia | 6/30/1930 | See Source »

Real Wages. "Economic research and social work are as characteristic of Western civilization as Ford cars, chain stores, radio sets, talking pictures, and tabloid papers with screaming headlines. Social workers seem more like engineers planning to reclaim a swamp than zealots trying to convert the heathen."?Dr. Wesley Clair Mitchell, director of research at the National Bureau of Economic Re-search and chairman of President Hoover's Research Committee on Social Trends. He observed that the record of earnings for the 19th and 20th Centuries in England and the U. S. has been one of alternating gains and losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Lay Benevolence | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

...varnished figures represent an outline of Einstein's newest theory: Solid Space. He offered no new formulae, only "the humble expression of my opinion.'' He tried to lead his listeners through a chain of ideas as follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Solid Space? | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

Field & Stream, 24 years younger, differs from its predecessor in that it opposes conservation measures which may be impracticable, based only on sentiment. Founders John P. Burkhard and Henry Wellington Wack sold it in. 1906 to Eltinge F. Warner, chain magazine publisher. Editor Ray Holland continues in charge of the joint publication, which begins with the August issue. Approximate circulation : Forest and Stream, 90,000; Field & Stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Forest, Field & Stream | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

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