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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dear as such patriotic and cultural revivals attempting to withstand an unexotic uniformity, may be to the lover of the humanities, they are unfortunately a last gesture before the advancing front of commercialism. Just as the great London papers penetrated Wales and threatened its native tongue, so must the efficiency of mass production inevitably break down the barriers of custom and nationality. Protective tariffs imposed merely to support an interior industry are economically unsound; a confusion of dialects clogs the channels of trade and diplomacy. The radio, moving pictures, artistic advertising, all the weapons of modernity, are weapons as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TONGUE NOBODY KNOWS | 2/4/1928 | See Source »

...Dear Professor...

Author: By A. T. R., | Title: THE CRIME | 2/1/1928 | See Source »

Ferene Molnar apparently takes issue with Ford Madox Ford in the latter's dictum that "New York Is Not America." Back in that dear Budapest after a whirlwind visit to Broadway and environs the playwright says that there is but one wonder in the world and that is the city of New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY | 1/25/1928 | See Source »

...dear Ambassador, our honored and trusted friend, may your way back to the country which loves you and expects you be smooth under your feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Thanks to God | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

...penetrated to the heart of Harvard. There, as in a shrine, for many years the essence of the tradition, the spirit of the fame, the glory of the name of "Fair Harvard" has been accumulating about a man who has always stood for what the University holds most dear and who as a result will never fail to be held in reverence by the institution which recognizes in him the embodiment of those qualities which have made its name renowned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARLES TOWNSEND COPELAND | 1/21/1928 | See Source »

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