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Word: elected (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most that such a victory could achieve," he said, "would be to close the door to business recovery by rational action, and to open the door for Townsend, Coughlin, Long and chaos. The same radical mass vote, if it were successful in defeating Roosevelt, won of course elect enough of its own members to Congress to hold the balance of power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILENE SPEAKS | 3/13/1935 | See Source »

...captain-elect, who varies between the 126 and 135-pound classes, has been in mat competition since his Freshman year when he won his numerals and is now finishing his second campaign of Varsity grappling. He is entered in the New England Intercollegiates which will be held today and tomorrow at M.I.T...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stoddard Elected Wrestling Captain for 1936 Campaign | 3/8/1935 | See Source »

Thirty thousand gallons of airplane gasoline meanwhile arrived in Italian Somaliland, ready to power the bombers that Il Duce and Il Re may hurl against Abyssinia's Emperor Power of Trinity, who is the Conquering Lion of Judah and the Elect of God to over 5,000,000 Negroids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY-ABYSSINIA: Being Smart | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

...decrease in the number of nominations, originally set at 30, is due to a belief on the part of the Student Council that with 30 men up for election, the votes would be too scattered and there would be increased opportunity for a minority to elect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHOOSE NOMINEES FOR 1938 CLASS ELECTIONS | 2/23/1935 | See Source »

Admiral Grayson who had won his rank by sedulously tending Woodrow Wilson's health, had ceased to be an Admiral and gone back to his native Virginia to become a well-to-do squire and breeder of race horses. The reason he rode with the President-elect on that occasion was that Franklin Roosevelt knew of no one else who could manage his inaugural with better social grace and tact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Not Forgotten | 2/18/1935 | See Source »

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