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Word: cores (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Would Anton Smetona persist in refusing to be King of Lithuania? That was the core of the diplomats' argument, and they recalled his career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LITHUANIA: Smetona King? | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...competent is Hiram Bingham to form a true mental picture in this way? He is Republican to the core; intensely and practically pious; rich because of the wealth of a small, frail wife who has borne him seven sons; and learned with the knowledge of an explorer in Peru and of a onetime (1909-24) professor at Yale University. He is human enough to set above his mantle framed letters from various "celebrities." Of recent years he has made a sound, tenacious success in politics. His voice, his jaw and his eyes are hard-not particularly pleasant. Therefore, it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Bingham's Report | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...internal comment, such as this of the CRIMSON, can remain at on true to Harvard and completely jingoistic. The core of these quoted paragraphs defines itself in terms of a larger entity than Harvard: it defines itself in terms of American education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENCEMENT | 6/23/1927 | See Source »

...declaring as she proceeds that she "will catch the rich Mr. Fish by using Whipple as the worm." In due time, however, all this diabolism is put aside in favor of wholesome matrimony with a sober leading man, thus proving yet again that cinema is sound at the core, even though occasionally amusing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jun. 20, 1927 | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

...news of the selection of James Lawrence '01 to the position on the Harvard Fund Council formerly held by the late John White Hallowell '01 comes that same satisfaction. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Hallowell were classmates and close friends at college and afterwards. Both were Harvard men to the core, leaders in their undergraduate days, leaders later among Harvard alumni. The new appointment is, however, more than sentimentally fitting, for Mr. Lawrence's record shows very clearly that he is the man for the place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORE THAN SENTIMENT | 5/24/1927 | See Source »

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