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Word: containers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Whether or not the official bulletins and miscellaneous documentary announcements from this branch of the institution will ever contain facts important enough to draw the wrath of the press and humanitarian society down on the heads of the officials, is a question. Probably the majority of statements issued are wholly harmless. Nevertheless, this is of secondary instance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FLIGHT FROM CHAOS | 1/28/1931 | See Source »

...resolutions of the Senate may have the attractive political merit of giving rise to a legend that those who voted for it are 'enemies of the power interests' and, inferentially, those who voted against it are 'friends of the power interests,' and it may contain a hope of symbolizing me as the defender of power interests if I refuse to sacrifice three outstanding public servants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Senate Checkmated | 1/19/1931 | See Source »

...soil of the Holy Land last week. When he got it free of dirt, he deciphered it: JESHUA BAR JOHOSEPH (Jesus, Son of Joseph). The limestone proved to be one side of a boxlike ossuary, similar to many found in that district, built to contain the thighbone of the deceased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ossuary | 1/19/1931 | See Source »

...Francis Carter Wood, director of Columbia University's Institute of Cancer Research. The Chemical Foundation supplied the money for the new publication. Its purpose is reporting current work on the cancer problem-its research, clinical, educational and public health aspects. One-third of each issue will contain abstracts of reports published in U. S. and foreign journals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer Crusade | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

...Rumors about Franklin Trust Co. started. A bad situation was avoided by the prompt action of other banks and statements from financial leaders that all was well. In other cities similar events have taken place, and the banking history of 1930 will contain a long chapter, not without bright passages, on the duty of banks and bankers in time of crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Broken Banks | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

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