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Word: doings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Having slept in Abraham Lincoln's bed at the White House, Scot MacDonald moved to the British Embassy for his last days in Washington, rode out early in the afternoon to doff his hat at the tomb of Woodrow Wilson. Lest anyone suppose Mr. Hoover had told him to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Blazing to Peace | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Asked what he would do if the University of Louvain appealed, Architect Warren drew down his beetling brows and roared: "Carry the suit to the highest court! Fight to a finish!"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Furore Teutonico Diruta | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Already the doubtful nature of this hoarded asset has caused a decline in the Brazilian currency-the milreis. Sooner or later the Government must unload. Recent crops have been bumper. Most observers believe that the Government cannot hold out, faces an eventual catastrophic coffee crash. Shrewdest coffeemen do not know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Coffee Crisis | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Even her friends never knew Bebe Daniels could sing, but no cinematically informed person, hearing that she was going to try, would doubt her ability to do it. For 20 years Bebe Daniels has done everything that any scenario required her to do. In the old Pathe comedies she used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 21, 1929 | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

Second Game. Outfielder Jimmy Foxx, the youngest Philadelphian, knocked a wild pitch for a home-run, his second of the series, with two friends on base. In the fourth inning the Athletics scored three times more and Manager McCarthy of Chicago took out Malone, one of his best pitchers. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

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