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Word: deale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mustache, and speaks none but his native language-told his grinning host that he, too, had been a mayor once but found the job too difficult. Mayor Walker ejaculated: "I am surprised you didn't make a good mayor! A mayor is up in the air a good deal of the time! Ha ha!" This was a jovial pun, for the Mayor's guest was no other than the Allied ace of aces, destroyer of the Boche terror Herr Wisseman, avenger of famed Ace Guynemer, M. le Capitaine Rene Fonck, late of the French Cigognes ("Storks," crack escadrille...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: S-35 | 8/23/1926 | See Source »

James A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, declared before the Supreme Council of Knights at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia: "We are going to deal with the Mexican situation before this Convention is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Mexico | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

...syndicate, was convicted along with his "payoff man," E. C. Cohron, of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, the maximum penalty under the law. Asked by U. S. Attorney Emory R. Buckner if he had received a "square deal," Mr. Dwyer smiled. "Positively," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: PotPourri | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

...with an abrasive fog. Came summer, blazing, searing. Still the accomplishments of the conference were almost nil. Little or nothing has been accomplished because the Government of China has become a myth, the shadow of a name, and left no responsible authority at Peking with which the delegates could deal. They have stayed on-through cold, sand, heat-hoping that after Super-Tuchun Feng Yu-hsiang was ousted from Peking (TIME, April 5, et seq.) its co-conquerors, Super-Tuchuns Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin, would set up a stable government. That hope has eluded fulfillment like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Too Hot | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

...Nebraska, Democratic Vice Presential candidate in 1924, has returned to his home. He now stands unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Against him the Republicans will probably nominate (in the primaries August 10) Governor Adam McMullen. The political recrudescence of the brother* of the "Great Commoner" depends a good deal on the Nebraska weather. If the present drought continues, "Charley" Bryan should poll a large vote; if rain comes and the crops are good, then the farmers will probably be satisfied with the Republican règime. Mr. Bryan points to the economy when he was governor-how he reduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Candidate Bryan | 8/2/1926 | See Source »

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