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Word: fair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republicans, foreseeing the possibility of Mr. Coolidge's being drafted; to instruct their delegates. Aroused by indications that the advantage which his prosperous regime has given the President will cause such a move on the part of the conservative Republicans, the insurgents have united with the Democrats, and bid fair to see the measure passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THIRD TERM | 2/9/1928 | See Source »

...personally favor a plank referring to the Eighteenth Amendment and the laws enacted to carry it into effect, and I favor a plank pledging the nominee to a fair, vigorous and faithful enforcement of them. In my opinion, it is the greatest moral issue of all ages, and public sentiment demands that both of the political parties declare themselves unequivocally upon it. Should I be nominated and elected President I favor meeting the issue squarely and believe in the strict and energetic enforcement of the laws to carry out the constitutional amendment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: My Dear Borah | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

Adopted unanimously in committee were a Mexican proposal and a Peruvian amendment which bade fair to alter slightly the makeup of the Governing Board of the permanent Pan-American Union at Washington, a bureau which functions between Pan-American Conferences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Pan-A mericana | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN?Court-room chronicle of the fair "Follies" girl charged with murder in the first degree (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 6, 1928 | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...before the bands of Rotarians and Kiwanians with H. L. Mencken tied to a chariot wheel descend on the colleges to butcher the decadent inhabitants, it is only fair that the people be allowed, in the correct tradition, to stage some orgies. Unfortunately there exists the anomaly that the clerical calumniators who would naturally on such occasions be fed to other than literary lions, are keeping, the projected revellers tightly strapped to the stake. The materials for Bacchanalia cannot be obtained in sufficient amount, and the police would not allow Saturnalia. Before the destruction finally comes, then, the authorities must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ROMAN ROAD TO HELL | 1/31/1928 | See Source »

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