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Word: fair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blame for this disgraceful proceeding by which some 13,000,000 people in this country are today denied that fair and equitable representation in Congress for which the Constitution provides, rests squarely upon the shoulders of those sordid politicians on both sides of the aisle of the House WHO HAVE HELD THEIR SEATS BY LYNCHING THE CONSTITUTION...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Stolen Seats | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...whole thing" was in a "formative state." and James Simpson, Marshall Field president, scolded Mr. Strawn for making a "premature" announcement. Yet, loose and shapeless as the plan at present appears, the business government movement, perhaps immediately inspired by the desirability of "cleaning" Chicago before the World's Fair of 1933, is undeniably under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Plan for Chicago | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

Then again, the Junior Dances of recent years have proved very conclusively that a fair cross-section of the class is not represented. Consequently, in the event that the Prom is not even a class gathering, those who seek a lively evening of entertainment might well follow their own instincts and spend their money to greater advantage elsewhere. Sincerely yours, Kenneth T. Howe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diminuendo | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

...course the fair companions of 1930 may raise complications. Some at the Union may find the assemblage of the elect too "representative" for their, happiness. And perhaps some in the Hall of Fame may be disappointed as usual with the great unwashed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Compromise | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

...down sofa and chair springs while he wove fabric round them was too hard for him. Feeling his strength passing, he got a new job in a furrier's shop, and after working for several years started a little business of his own in Chicago. At the World's Fair of 1893 he paid 5¢ to see an elephant switch its tail in the Edison kinetoscope, the first crude moving-picture machine. Author Will Irwin says: "That five-cent piece was the initial investment which grew into his present fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount's Papa | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

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