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Word: commonness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Delivering the plenary address, S. A. Woodd-Cahusac, Princeton '40, declined to draw up any definite program based on the conference's deliberations, but pointed out that the one common denominator of the discussions had been the question of the proper sphere and extent of governmental activity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Management Debated at H Y P | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...tide of events seems to have reverted to the threat of arms. If such threats continue, it seems inevitable that much of the world must become involved in common ruin. All the world, victor nations, vanquished nations and neutral nations, will suffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Will to Peace | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...common attitude of American Legionnaires was: "No fighting for us off U. S. soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Contours | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...from being insulted at being told that only one kind of support was wanted, Russia was expected to be elated. A successful defense of Poland and Rumania would mean that never would Joseph Stalin's men have to face Adolf Hitler's across a common border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER POLITICS: Worst Week | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...three big camps are now permanent prisons where Communist agitators, homosexuals, disgraced Nazis, Jewish university professors, Protestant conscientious objectors are thrown together in common cells. They wear coarse, striped uniforms, their heads are cropped, they shave only once weekly. The Jews wear yellow badges and the homosexuals pink, and few steps are taken to prevent Jewish adolescents from being attacked or molested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Secret Policeman | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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