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Word: conventioneering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME reported interestingly on the Boy Scout Convention in England, but failed to report ? or did I fail to see such report? ? on a larger and possibly more important meeting of young people, which occurred the second week of July in Vienna. Young workers of both sexes from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 16, 1929 | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

Five years ago when the British Labor Party was younger, louder and relatively impotent, Britain's Trades Union Congress met in annual convention. Red flags were much in evidence, Communists were greeted enthusiastically. British Laborites presented a gold watch to Moscow's Tomsky. And little lean Ben Tillett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Firebrand Quenched | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

Congress staged a vastly different annual convention at Belfast, Ireland. Hard-bitten Ben Tillett made another speech. The years have brought power and respectability to British Labor. There were no Russian Communists at last week's meeting. One of the Trades Union's two gold watches went to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Firebrand Quenched | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

In 1920, Senator Moses was a prime campaigner for the nomination of General Leonard Wood for the Presidency. In the South he and others harvested a fat crop of Negro delegates and, according to G. O. P. custom, took them on up to the convention at Chicago, all expenses paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Spook | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

Chicago convention of Midwestern Dance Masters told about and demonstrated two graceful midwestern dances, the "Sorority Sway" and "Sea Gull Waltz"; also a choppy one called the "Chug."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dance Masters | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

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