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Word: devotedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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News of Little Tsar Boris's act of ordinary courtesy created no stir in Sofia, where his devoted subjects remember that not so long ago he heroically sprang from the running board of an automobile driven by his chauffeur and seized the bridles of two terrified horses which were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULGARIA: Rampant Lion | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

The short chapters devoted to each man are half essay, half straightforward biographical sketch. The effect is to paint clear pictures of the candidates in the medium of their political careers, intimating the fitness of each for the office which they missed, and analyzing carefully the forces which settled the...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: Past Performances. | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

A poker player who usually wins and a pinkish liberal who earnestly omits tact is Columnist Heywood Broun. One day last week, the following announcement appeared in the New York World at the top of the space usually devoted to his column:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Disloyalty | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

The story of "Old San Jacinto" and his friends-Old Hickory, Austin, Bowie (of the knife)-is inherently so dramatic that his present biographer's insistence upon long documentary quotations only retards the action. Equitable, Author Creel prints interesting letters and records defaming his hero, but precedes them with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One Cherry, One Bite | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

In this age of scientific enlightenment, fields that to the tyro are virtually unknown possess an importance which is seldom appreciated. Although the cause of climatology to which Professor R. DeC. Ward's Milton Fund grant is to be devoted is little known to the public, it has a constantly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASSIFYING CLIMATES | 5/11/1928 | See Source »

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