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Word: either (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...debate that counts, in either house of Congress, comes when a bill is being amended. Then legislators are working spontaneously with their wits and tongues to shape and perfect legislation. Full-dress debate, such as last week's in the Senate, is almost as empty of reality as the cook books and tracts that filibusterers read into the Congressional Record. Even as a powerhouse of arguments, this Congressional debate was of little or no importance. The Washington public stayed away from a mere set of written speeches; waited for the sparring to come when such phrase-fisted boxers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Question Marks | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...Communists in his hive, he has followed the party beeline, was suspected of following it this week in San Francisco, where he was a divisive force in the C. I. O.'s national convention (see p. 28). Under a five-day ultimatum from A. L. P.-to renounce either Communism or his re-nomination-he momentarily held his peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Red Lights Out | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...British. With talk of Russian pressure on India (see p. 43), with more than talk of Japanese pressure in the Far East, the British would presumably welcome and help enforce any reasonable legality which would insure an ordered world. It would not have to be a British world, either, but a shared responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Planless Peace | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...short & snappy French Army communiques are now published beside the much longer German reports. Cinemaudiences are warned to refrain from applauding the armies of either side as they appear on the screen and the entire Italian public has been counseled not to show partisanship in Europe's big quarrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Pick & Shovel v. Axis | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...line is fairly well determined. Captain Whit Miller will be stationed at right end with either Bob Nissen or John Kelley on the opposite flank. All three are fine pass receivers. George Sommers will be at right tackle and Bob O'Briend at left tackle. Dan Dacey will be at right guard and Lou Young at left guard and Stub Pearson, the only sophomore on the varsity, will be stationed at center. Miller, Young, and Sommers are the lettermen in the line...

Author: By The Dartmouth, Sports Editor, and Mel Wax, S | Title: Indians to Change Offensive Gridiron Tactics This Fall | 10/13/1939 | See Source »

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