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Word: cleared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this modified plan. But during the week of debate, men on whom he had counted had been slipping away. The opposition had been arguing that if it was wrong to pack the Court with six justices, to pack it with one was no better. He needed 49 for a clear majority, but now there were baiely 50 left and he wasn't sure of all those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: End of Strife | 7/26/1937 | See Source »

While Los Angeles newspapers headlined young Warner as a "love captive," he disappeared on a yachting trip. Asked to clear up the confusion, Mr. Warner Sr. snapped: "I am.very much annoyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Conquistador Gold | 7/26/1937 | See Source »

...unusually well-balanced. Relying on both team "Presidents" (captains), Alan Pennington (Oxford) and Godfrey Brown (Cambridge), for double wins, the Britishers had unbeatable talent on the track except in the hurdles. In the field they boasted a Turk who could shot-put 49 ft., a high-jumper who could clear 6 ft. 3 in., and Frederick Richard Webster, first Briton ever to pole-vault 13 ft., who got-his vaulting tips by corresponding with U. S. experts. At Cambridge, Mass, last fortnight Oxford-Cambridge swept the flat races as anticipated, added a victory in the shot put to beat Harvard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Balance & Brown | 7/26/1937 | See Source »

...Prime mystery to Wall Street analysts has always been the exact part played by "little fellows" in market activity. To clear it up the Securities & Exchange Com-mission started last month to tabulate and release daily figures on odd-lot trading (less than loo-share lots), which makes up about one-fifth of all Stock Exchange transactions. Last week a full month of these figures provided solid data for experts in New York and Washington. Total buying orders for 2,934,843 shares with a value of $126,257.589 compared to total selling orders for 2,395.990 shares with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Downtown | 7/19/1937 | See Source »

SCOTS - Robert Gore-Browne - Doubleday, Dor an ($4). A spirited attempt to clear the evil name of Mary's third husband. Lord Bothwell's assault marriage after murdering Husband No. 2, his callous treatment of wives and mistresses were only black protestant lies inspired by his genius as a Border fighter, says this hot-collared biographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Jul. 19, 1937 | 7/19/1937 | See Source »

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