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Word: conductivities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...into a grassy field just below New Orleans, waved his Arms wildly, uttered loud noises from his throat. This he might have done to rout a herd of cows complacently grazing over the site of one of the few U.S. victories in the War of 1812. But as decorous conduct is expected of the Secretary of War, and as he was hundreds of miles from New Orleans, Mr. Good had to content himself with drafting a bill and forwarding it to the House Military Affairs Committee providing that the U. S. take over and maintain this famed battleground, empowering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Out of Bounds | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...modern underground conduit system, went so far as to offer to pay the extra expense himself. Mayor Schmitz laughed him out of the City Hall. Suspicious, Messrs. Older and Spreckels prevailed upon President Roosevelt to "lend" them famed Detective William John Burns and Lawyer Francis Joseph Heney, to conduct an investigation. They discovered that Grafter Calhoun had paid to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors $200,000 for the overhead trolley franchise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In San Francisco | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

Twenty-eight States provide legislation covering supervision of music, conduct in dance halls, protecting minors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dance Halls Surveyed | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...chief problems of present-day dance-hall supervision are: 1) Supervision of music, dancing and general conduct in the halls; 2) Provision for and protection of minors; and 3) Control of the after-the-dance rendezvous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dance Halls Surveyed | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Chicago Union. The Chicago Federation of Musicians announced a series of 30 public concerts through September, beginning Labor Day in Grant Park, by a 50-man orchestra. On the list to be invited to conduct: Frederick Stock, John Philip Sousa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Music Notes, Aug. 26, 1929 | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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