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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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That day Franklin Roosevelt's press conference was a grave business. One question was uppermost in all minds. Correspondent Phelps Adams of the New York Sun uttered it: "Mr. President . . . can we stay out of it?" Franklin Roosevelt sat in silent concentration, eyes down, for many long seconds. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Preface to War | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Last week came the run-off Democratic primary for the Governorship. Once more the lineups were twisted unbelievably. Now Pat Harrison was supporting Mike Conner, a man he had denounced up and down the State in 1936. Now "The Man" Bilbo was supporting Paul Burney Johnson, whom he had denounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bilbonic Plague | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Margaret Campbell's lackwit son confessed that he killed her, was adjudged insane by two alienists. Last week Los Angeles police, on mass guard in the Hollywood area, nabbed a bearded, slender runaway just after a robbery was reported. In his car they found a 2 by 4 bludgeon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Crime | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Weather, next to stomachs, is war's most basic consideration.* Six predictably fair weeks of Polish autumn lay ahead for action on the fat Polish plains. Then will come rains which the Poles hope will bog down the German juggernaut on the purposely unpaved roads leading in from the borders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Grey Friday | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

On the wharf friends and kin of the Itacare's passengers braved the ugly weather to greet them. They watched the steamer strain closer, her prow dishing up small seas at every step. Suddenly a huge wave whammed her, sideslipped her into a deep sea-trough. Next instant she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Off Ilheos | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

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