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Word: desks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Well, he smiled and put the drawing on the desk and stood away to look at it. 'It's a good likeness,' he said. He asked me questions about myself and I guess I stayed in there about twenty minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Mar. 5, 1928 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...your condition and we might just as well get down to brass tacks. We are very anxious to get this appointment [Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County]. You go into the room of your private secretary, and when you return there will be $10,000 in the drawer of your desk. No one will know about it. You can call Remy over and tell him you changed your mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: In Indiana | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...child was seated at his desk, perusing his school books, when the mother entered and walked directly to his seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In the Pink | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...Spanish Davis Cup team, fourth ranking U. S. tennis player) has accepted a position in the export department of the American Car & Foundry Co., of Manhattan. With the vice president of the company, he sailed last week for South America, will also play tennis in Europe, before assuming desk duties next autumn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 27, 1928 | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...city desk has used the same formula for all three stories: There was the simple little girl who just stepped out on to that great stage and sang her way into the hearts of her audience. There was a special delegation of home folks (in Grace Moore's case it was from Jellico, Tennessee-a father, a mother, a sister, three brothers, U. S. Senators Tyson and McKellar, Representatives Hull and Garrett, and 100 friends). There were also photographs with flowers and Chairman Otto H. Kahn of the Metropolitan Board of Directors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: God-given Talent | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

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