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Word: existant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Like the Negro porter who was asked to change $10, I am grateful for the compliment. I am sorry that these funds do not exist, for they would be useful for Children's Relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Natural Man | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

...former Republican Prohibition Administrator to state that three-fourths of the dry agents were political ward heelers named by politicians without regard to Civil Service laws and that prohibition is the 'new political pork barrel,' I will ruthlessly stamp out. Such conditions can not and will not exist under any administration presided over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Upon the Steps . . . | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

...indefensible and scandalous Third Degree, accused police inspectors of collusion and prevarication, and expressed the opinion that Inspector Collins, who grilled Miss Savidge, had deliberately twisted her replies in a misleading manner for purposes of police record. . . . A most unfortunate impression was created when a Laborite asked "Does corruption exist at Scotland Yard?" and Sir William Joynson-Hicks triumphantly and almost airily replied: "I think not. People tell me stories of that sort from time to time, but they won't hold water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Funny Old Things | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

...people realize how difficult it is for a young woman to win her way, her living, on Broadway, even when she is gifted artistically. Broadway, whether in opera or musical comedy, and I have sung in both, is so full of promises, but one cannot exist on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bargee | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

Opposite as sunny Rome and slate-hued London are the anti-feminist theories of Dictator and Earl. The Roman by sheer ardor would explode the very notion that a "new" or "modern" woman can exist. The Londoner, icily accepting modern woman's existence, defines her function as competition with man, and brands her as a failure at her chosen game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Women v. Dictator & Earl | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

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