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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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From Pennsylvania had come the loudest demands for added protection for industry. Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association and G. O. P. campaign cash-collector extraordinary, had been in the forefront of an old-style drive for higher rates (TIME, March 25). He had secured duties on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: Bill Out | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

The renomination and election of Mayor Walker would mean that the City of New York would continue to be run by Charles F. Kerrigan, his able "assistant." This onetime newsgatherer absorbs all the technicalities of municipal government, digests heavy reports, arranges backstage decisions, plants in the alert trial-lawyer mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: No. 3 Man | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

When the dictator did finish, King Alfonso uttered a few lisping Castilian syllables and Seville's Ibero-American Exposition formally began.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Seville Exposition | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

The Area. The eclipse of last week was something over three hours in actual duration. It covered some 110° of longitude, 45° of latitude, beginning in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa at dawn. Traveling in a northeasterly direction-into regions where the day was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Spectacle | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

The meeting will be modeled as closely as possible after the assemblies of the League of Nations. The convenant of the actual League has been adapted to the students' purpose with as few changes as possible. This covenant will be put to vote at the meeting of the assembly.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students' League of Nations in First Meeting to Discuss the Question of Disarmament--Friedrich to Open Discussion | 5/18/1929 | See Source »

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