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Word: drafted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...draft of a proposed treaty of commerce and amity was this week formally presented at the French Foreign Office by Sheldon Whitehouse, charge d'affaires, and with it a formal request that negotiations commence immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Discrimination | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...dark house, rambling across the top of a windy hill in Cleveland Park, Washington, D. C., was once the home of Grover Cleveland. Here he repaired in hot weather. The rooms, swept by a fresh continual draft, were filled with the rustle of stiff conversation and stiffer silks; the approaches were guarded, then as now, by large iron dogs. Now Red Top is filled with the rhythmic music of carpenters' hammers; Red Top is being torn down to make room for a modern house, one not infested with reminders of stuffy and strenuous gaiety, hushed talk Coxey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Miscellaneous Mentions: Sep. 5, 1927 | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

Pomposity. With the pomposity of an early Roman Emperor, Premier Benito Mussolini last week published the full draft of proposed new Italian criminal laws, designed to give him jurisdiction the world over, empowering him to prosecute and punish Italians and foreigners alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Mussolini Code | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

...days passed, less was heard about draft, more about miscellaneous candidacies. Thus, U. S. Senator Frederick H. Gillette, a Republican, of the inner Massachusetts set, pointed to Charles Evans Hughes as his first choice, to Herbert Hoover as his second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shock | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

...Draft or no draft, Republicans felt that the President's announcement would greatly aid the party in resolving a major situation which an Iowa newspaper described as follows: "The Republican East is in the saddle and the Republican West is in arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shock | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

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