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Word: ende (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eminent political statistician, Emil Hurja, observes that early leaders of popular polls (as now taken) invariably hold their leads and win in the end.-"Cactus Jack" Garner leads current polls for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1940 and Mr. Hurja does not mind saying that the forces now putting Mr. Garner ahead will keep him there through the 1940 Democratic convention. Political events, says Mr. Hurja, nowadays follow the drift of such polls rather than the drift of cigar smoke in hotel rooms. To answer yes-butters who say, "But if Mr. Roosevelt decides to run again . . .?" Mr. Hurja...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Undeclared War | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Cruel, unwarranted and frequently untrue have been the jokes leveled at WPA. An effort is afoot to put an end to them on the stage. But WPA itself has not ceased making them. Last week it was discovered that a WPA slum clearance gang, sent to tear down a house at 158 Belmont Ave., Brooklyn, found the houses in the block unnumbered, razed No. 156 by mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Mistake | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...These five men, working together in Europe and blessed in their efforts by the President of the United States of America, might make themselves eternal benefactors of the human race. Our own Prime Minister has shown his determination to work heart and soul to such an end. I cannot believe that other leaders of Europe will not join him in the high endeavor upon which he is engaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Peace Week | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...never really got much of a chance to absorb the true Oxford angle on Cambridge," continued Mr. Massey, "for the war came along, forcing me to leave before the end of my first year. For that reason, college didn't have a great deal of influence on my career...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raymond Massey Left Oxford to Fight, Discounts College Influencing Career | 3/18/1939 | See Source »

Besides the Varsity, the Crimson Jayvee and Freshman fencers will also battle with the Elis today. The Junior Varsities have an even chance of coming out on the long end of the scoring, but the Eli Cubs are heavily favored over the Yardlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Fencing Team Highly Favored To Overcome Yale in Season's Finale | 3/18/1939 | See Source »

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