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Word: eye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that had kept Congress tied up since February. Several weeks ago, Congressional leaders recognized that it would be impossible to pass the bill for six new Supreme Court Justices, but the President refused to believe them. They gave out hints of compromise; Franklin Roosevelt refused to bat an eye. They deliberately delayed action on the bill hoping he would see his mistake. Finally, giving up hope of changing him, they began to plan on letting the Court bill die without action. When this was reported in the press last week, Franklin Roosevelt changed front barely in time to save face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Forest v. Trees | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

...publicize Los Angeles, its Junior Chamber of Commerce this spring decided on a "national aquatic show." To publicize the aquatic show, Los Angeles Photographer Eyere Powell last week made striking photographs of Swimmer Katherine Rawls diving through the bull's-eye of a large canvas target and U. S. High-diving champion Ruth Jump flying through the air holding a bow & arrow in a "Diana Dive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fancier Dives | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

...graduate of the University of Mississippi (Class of 1900), a short-time Mississippi lawyer (in Oxford), Mr. Farish joined the oil rush to Texas after the discovery of the famed Spindletop field at the Century's turn. Working as a roustabout, he saved his pennies, kept an eye peeled for big money. He went into partnership with Robert Lee Blaffer and out of their small beginnings grew Humble Oil Co., the mighty company which Standard now controls. Mr. Parish's official residence is still Houston, though he lives most of the time on Park Avenue, Manhattan. He likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: 11 1/2% of the World | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

Stanley Baldwin ambled into the House of Commons one afternoon last week with the wistful air of a boy in his final day at school. As he had done so many times over so many years, one last time now he "caught the Speaker's eye," stood up to announce that the salaries of Members of Parliament will be raised from ?400 to ?600 ($2,000 to $3,000) a year. From the benches on both sides came shattering applause. For his very last "last word" before retiring from House harness, "the most popular Prime Minister since Balfour" could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Change at No. 10 | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

...Order of the Garter on Mr. Baldwin, to create Mrs. Lucy Baldwin a Dame 'Grand Cross of the British Empire. The Earl and his Countess thus reaped the reward of their joint services to the country, could retire among their pigs in Worcestershire with the calm eye, the warm glow that bespeak the performance of hard work well-recompensed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Change at No. 10 | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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