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Word: cols (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor General had said: "It is not within the province of the Governor General to determine the future relations of the inhabitants of these Islands to the United States . . . I lay particular stress upon industrial and economic progress." That seemed plain enough. It means that Col. Stimson would have little patience with Independence propagandists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: On the Luneta | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Passed a bill authorizing Col. Lindbergh to accept decorations from foreign governments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The House Week Mar. 12, 1928 | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Passed the House Bill authorizing Col. Lindbergh to accept foreign decorations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Mar. 12, 1928 | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...indictment of Col. Robert W. Stewart, board chairman of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, for contemptuous refusal to testify to the Senate all he knows about the dubious disposal of the dubious profits of Sinclair's Continental Trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Politic Oil | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...unanimous re-election of Col. Stewart as a director, by the Indiana Standard stockholders. Stockholder John D. Rockefeller Jr. cast no vote, but offered no censure. Col. Stewart's fellow directors immediately re-elected him as their chairman. Explaining his neutrality, Mr. Rockefeller announced that he was still "seeking the facts . . . and will take such steps in the matter as he thinks proper. Since more than 50,000 other stockholders of the Indiana Company are involved, it is obvious that Mr. Rockefeller must not act precipitately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Politic Oil | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

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