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Word: characterizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Anyone of less character than Scot MacDonald would never have fought Seaham four years ago, and last week his friends said they hoped his present visit was merely an exploring expedition.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Sulphurous Ghost | 10/28/1935 | See Source »

"If action, however violent, evolves from character there is no higher literary expression and the ultimate crystallization of character is likely to lie in physical rather than psychological action."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: No. 1 Pulp | 10/21/1935 | See Source »

King George V, Pope Pius XI, Trotsky, the Emperor of Japan and Mahatma Gandhi are the stars of the author's side show, with Communism cast as the Wild Man from Borneo, and Fascism "the grinning skull at the victor's post-war banquet." Hitler. Roosevelt, Stalin, Mussolini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Side-Show | 10/21/1935 | See Source »

Throughout the early years of the igth Century, U. S. social thinking was concentrated on the abolition of Negro slavery and the formation of experimental Utopian communities of the character of Brook Farm. Strangest and strongest of these colonies was the Oneida Community at Oneida, N. Y., stronghold of "communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Oneida Experiment | 10/21/1935 | See Source »

"... I appreciate that some bankers and corporate officials do not like publicity. . . . One very good way to avoid further publicity of this character would be to put your finances in order. "I certainly have no desire to annoy you or your bankers, but would be derelict in my duty if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dear Jesse: . . . Dear Mr. Vanderbilt: . . . | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

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