Search Details

Word: fairly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...first time since 1934 the might of the U. S. Navy is leaving the Pacific. Maneuvers in the Atlantic and Caribbean, and a ceremonial visit to the New York World's Fair of 1939, were planned over a year ago, before Franklin Roosevelt and the U. S. people became ultra-conscious of Europe and South America. Now the fleet's move has another significance: to bolster the President's "continental solidarity," and remind Europe's fascists that the U. S. is still a major power in the Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Fleet Problem XX | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...Front, suddenly flew from Chungking, the temporary capital, to Hanoi, capital of French Indo-China. From there, it was reported last week, he sent a telegram to Generalissimo Chiang declaring that Japanese "proposals" of late December (which, if accepted, would have made China a Japanese puppet state) constituted a "fair" basis for peace discussion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Wang Purged | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...never lost his admiration for things American, or his pride in the language he had learned as a boy. He corresponded with American friends in English, taught English to his household servants, sent two Japanese girls to the Chicago World's Fair to introduce tea ice cream to America. Last year when an American friend toasted his 92nd birthday (Japanese are one year old at birth) he said he expected to live to be 125. But he had previously transferred his title to his son, Taro, and was ready for death. Last week it came to Tycoon Takashi Masuda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Great Imperialist | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

Snow Skiing in. Bartlett, N.H. Fair Good 12 3 in. new powder Canaan, N.H. Cloudy Poor 6 Cannon Mt. (Tramway) N.H. Snowing Good 37 4 new over 33 windblown powder Cohway, N.H. Cloudy Good 13 4 new fluffy Dartmouth Region, N.H. Good 10 6 in. new Franconia Notch, N.H. Snowing Fair 24 5 in, new over 19 base Fryeburg, Me. Cloudy Good 11 7 new over 4 in. base Greenfield, Mass. Cloudy Fair 3 1 in, granular on hard crust Intervale, N.H. Cloudy Good 13 4 in. new fluffy Jackson, N.H. Cloudy Good 14 4 in. new powder Laconia (Gilford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIING CONDITIONS | 1/6/1939 | See Source »

...these things came about; and last Monday was a big day in college football, as well as in top-notch high school circles. Yesterday, however, two victors in Rose Bowl play, Tennessee and Texas Christian, were asked to compete in another game for a "World's Fair" trophy and free rides on the Ferris Wheels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 1/5/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | Next