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Word: fears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very well. He's perfectly welcome to come in. ... Personally, I am in no fear of the results. . . .* When the primary is over, Mr. Hoover will know then whether these self-appointed friends of his who have dragged him into this contest apparently against his wishes, have advised him correctly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Candidates' Row | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...have its own luncheon club of town merchants. Many such clubs look with alarm at the entrance of the first Atlantic & Pacific Tea store, the first Woolworth or the first Liggett. Alarm among luncheon club members increased last week when they learned that there was another invasion to fear. Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, announced that within a year a chain of 150 retail stores would be in operation under their name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Montgomery Ward Stores | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...matters of moment the United States delegation has already incurred the enmity of the other representatives. In the first matter, all the Pan-American delegates advocated the abolishment of United States policing of the Caribbean. The fear of the United States for an unprotected Panama Canal and Nicaraguan canal route essentially loomed, however, as a virtual demand that the controversy be disposed of in the traditional manner. The other dispute was over the intention of President Coolidge, at this session, to include under new immigration laws the countries of the New as well as of the Old World. Any such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BANTERLOG | 2/17/1928 | See Source »

...Fear of the death penalty is what keeps criminals of this country from running riot," was the belief expressed by Morrison Sharp '29 last night at a debate conducted by the Harvard Debating Union. "Life imprisonment in the state of New York means on the average six and a half years. Time works for the criminal. Time brings on a corrupt court, and starts the sob sister stuff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEATH PENALTY IS FAVORED AT UNION | 2/15/1928 | See Source »

...even should they remain adamant in their demand for tickets, there does not seem to be any reason why a large Stadium must inevitably prove an evil, though it must be admitted that the evils feared by the opponents of any change will be made more readily possible with an 80,000 capacity structure. In regard to the "professional" fear it should be remembered that there is even now, with the small Stadium, an open sale of tickets to all the games but those against Dartmouth and Yale, and that the "outside", undesirable element does not even under these conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: O'ER THE STANDS THE BATTLE RAGES | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

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