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Word: disinterestedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In Belgium, the rival Catholic and the Socialist parties and their satellites had jockeyed each other for power to such a comparative standstill that in 1935 it actually became possible for the kingdom to have in Paul van Zeeland a Premier who had never actively belonged to any party, never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: State Visit | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

That Mrs. McCarthy, whose husband was a Democratic Senator in Landon's Legislature, was not entirely disinterested in producing evidence reflecting discredit on the Landon administration, Kansas was well aware. During her Congressional term, a bitter argument preceded her removal from a park board post to which Mrs. McCarthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Finishing Schools | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

"The student who might do well at Yale might not do well at Baylor and vice versa. In the midst of the claims and shouting of hundreds of colleges and universities, the undergraduate-to-be, and his parents, need advice, guidance, and information more than ever. The field agent who...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John R. Tunis Claims in Scribners Article That Many Small Colleges Shanghai Students to Fill Halls | 9/24/1937 | See Source »

Elected. Representative Christopher D. Sullivan, 67, Tammany district leader of the old school, for the past 21 years a desultory, disinterested member of Congress: to succeed the late James J. Dooling as leader of Tammany Hall. By his election a Congressman for the first time became boss of Tammany. Expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 9, 1937 | 8/9/1937 | See Source »

To bridge the gap between the present day and the time when the wished for endowment drops down like the gentle rain from heaven, temporary expendients must inevitably be adopted. But there is no momentary measure that is really satisfactory in all respects. A compulsory ten dollar athletic fee for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAYS AND MEANS | 4/16/1937 | See Source »

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