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Word: dove (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Industry Farley was as temperate as a zephyr, roared like a sucking dove: "I have no sympathy with the theory that government and industry are naturally arrayed in hostile camps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Farley's Forihgoing | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

...principal of their gift be left intact; but this is precisely what Mr. Hutchins's plan would eliminate. His theory is that the endowed college should maintain its present prestige instead of sacrificing it to an uncertain future in which inflation may wipe out all its holdings. The dove in the hand is better than the sparrow on the roof. Apres nous le deluge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STARVING IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY | 1/12/1940 | See Source »

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