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Word: fairly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Zealous lest the New Deal's attitude toward the "profit motive" be overlooked, the President said: "I concur in this recommendation . . . provided always that the grant of this duty to the Interstate Commerce Commission be subject to provisions against unreasonable profits by any private carrier. . . . It is only fair to suggest that during this period any profits at all by such companies should be a secondary consideration. Government aid in this case is legitimate in order to save companies from disastrous loss but not in order to provide profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Howell Report | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

...Angeles, a fair-sized mob gathered to celebrate the 75th birthday next month of "Grandma Ellen" Minkler. Present were Son Ray and eight grandchildren, Son J. Frank and eleven, Son George and three. Daughter Bessie and ten, childless Daughter Elsie Pearl, all the husbands and wives except childless Daughter Elsie Pearl's husband, 19 of the grandchildren's children. Total: 77. Grandson Ross Minkler, pastor of the Church of God of Los Angeles, has 100 kinsmen in his congregation. There has been but one death in Grandma Ellen's family in 26 years. That was her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Family | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

Weather forecast: fair and warmer today, Saturday probably rain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ABUNDANCE OF SNOW AWAITS SPORTSMEN IN NEW ENGLAND | 2/8/1935 | See Source »

...examination paper in Greek 5 yesterday, though somewhat long, was eminently fair in its questions. Members of the section were allowed to substitute the marks obtained in the hour examinations of the past half-year for certain portions of the paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH THE YEARS | 2/7/1935 | See Source »

...most consistently dull piece of entertainment in the city of Boston at the present time is the Sportsman's show at the Mechanics Building. Ostensibly an exhibit of sporting goods and things pertaining to sport in general, it is in reality a third-rate country fair without the horse races and the fresh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sportsman's Show Offers Sterling Amusement For Discriminating Taste of Virile Bostonians | 2/7/1935 | See Source »

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