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Word: deservedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"There are times when it is necessary to speak clearly. Messieurs, the whole fate of French finances rests on your decision." Such was the climax of a great speech in the Chamber of Deputies last week-a speech that came in compact, persuasive phrases from Premier Raymond Poincaré. At...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Parliament Rises | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

At Monrovia, Liberian capital, it became known last week that Mr. Francis had been for 19 years employed as a legal assistant for the Northern Pacific railroad. In 1924 he was chairman of the Colored Division of the Republican National Committee. "Ah," thought many Liberians, "Minister Francis has deserved honorably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: Appointment | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

As everyone knows, the blackamoors of Liberia have deserved well of the U. S. by repaying recently into the U. S. Treasury the whole of their country's debt to the U. S,

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: Appointment | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

I did not go quite as mad as Mark Twain over the "Punch, brothers! Punch with care!" jingle in your story about the Twentieth Century Limited, but I was sorry that you did not mention other famous American trains. Certainly the Broadway Limited of the Pennsylvania R. R. which runs...

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

Despite the stout resistance of grammarians and scholars, the vulgarisms of popular speech are finally gaining their deserved recognition. Such at least is the opinion set forth in an editorial in "Liberty" which takes up the cause of natural expressions such as "He don't" and "It's me" as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD USAGE | 5/20/1927 | See Source »

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