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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...came when Premier & Finance Minister Poincaré, having stabilized the franc for years to come, wished to turn his irksome Finance Ministry over to someone else, someone solid, shrewd, incorruptible. In open Cabinet the Premier turned to M. Chéron: "Dear friend, I think you should be charged with the finances of France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chéron of Lisieux | 1/23/1933 | See Source »

...Dear Fellow-Staff Member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Newshawks' Language | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

...July 22 President Hoover signed a bill near & dear to his heart, creating a Federal Home Loan Bank system. Under this act building & loan associations, co-operative banks, savings banks and insurance companies were to subscribe to the stock of twelve new regional banks at which they could discount their first mortgages on homes worth $20.000 or less. The R. F. C. was authorized to invest, if necessary, up to $125,000,000 in the system. The Hoover idea was that the Government should help mortgage institutions which in turn would pass such assistance along to debt-ridden home owners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: First Loan & Repealer | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...week the bars went down a little. To increase the State's stock of silver, Torgsin was authorized to accept silver plate and old jewelry as valuta. Next day Torgsin stores were jammed with hungry, ill-clad natives, eager to swap silver for rough clothing and such luxuries, dear to Russians, as smoked salmon, butter, caviar, vodka. Prices were steep. It took a kilogram of silver (2 3/5 lb.), worth about $7.80 in Manhattan, to buy one pair of Torgsin shoes. Two pounds of butter cost 137 grams of silver with other prices in proportion. If silver-bearing Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Silver for Shoes | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...teachers assembled, they're 6,000 strong, Were there to determine the right from the wrong; The wrong from the wronger, perhaps we should say; I'll tell you, dear friends, all that happened that day. The cause for debate was what words should be used In their themes every week by the youth-much abused- Of the nation, who labor beneath a great load, For they're forced to write English too much a la mode. And what shall we do?" those great-hearted souls cried To help these poor students; it's so hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1932 | 12/19/1932 | See Source »

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