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Word: doned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first outward sign of what the President had done was three figures leaving a private door of the Treasury Department early in the morning. A thick grey mist enfolded them as they entered the ceremonial East Gate of the White House grounds. Walking through the rolling South Grounds, they skirted the back of the White House and entered the executive offices by a rear door used only by the President himself. It was 8:45 a. m. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon?for he was one of the three?removed his coat without aid (none of the White House staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Action Counts | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...Work done. Last week the U. S. Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...John Held Jr.'s caricatures?of such varied and original material did Ruth Page create the Manhattan program. Particularly interesting were the Balinese impressions gathered from the recent visit there;* a dance called Sun-Worshippers showing a beach group in bathing suits against a backdrop of skyscrapers; blues done in crazy, geometric design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Indianapolis Dancer | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

Painter Robinson's murals are each about 15 ft. x 8 ft. Beginning with an animated commercial squabble between the Persians and the Arabs, they progress to Carthaginians in the Mediterranean striking a crafty bargain with the Egyptians. Venetians in the Levant when bartering was done with benefit of clergy so that polite thieving was sanctified. Subsequently they show the Portuguese in India, the Dutch in the Baltic, the English in China, slave traders and clipper ships in the 19th Century U. S.* The last is a generalized scene of modern industry- liners in a harbor, airplanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: History of Commerce | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...undersigned Christian women, protest use of those advertisements which show use of tobacco in any way by women and girls and children. These advertisements have been on display too long. No one can tell what harm has been done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Smoke-Crusade | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

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