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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Blunt, bullfrog-voiced Tom Shaw began his career as a half-time hand in a cotton mill. He became the most ruggedly potent figure in British textile trade unionism. He recently turned up in the Empire's new Labor cabinet as His Majesty's Right Honorable Secretary of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bullfrog Booms | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

Their coming was a proud moment for Pastor Hoas, pastor of the Gammal-Svenksby church. Six months ago he arrived in Stockholm. He told how the coming of the Soviets had brought poverty and distress to Old Swedish Town. How the Bolsheviks had closed his church. How they had taxed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Gammal-Svenksby Exiles | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

Aron Nimzowitsch, son of a Danish department store keeper, is one of the comparatively few players with a "system." He has figured out what might be termed the ideal game, and, within the limits of practical competition, he plays it.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Queen's Gambit | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

Jiddu Krishnamurti, "World Teacher," announced the dissolution of the Order of the Star in the East, theosophical brotherhood founded in India in 1910. He explained: "The Truth needs no disciples. It wants nothing from any man. Only a few will understand, and they need no organization. . . ."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 12, 1929 | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

Aimee Semple McPherson, marcelled evangelist, asked the members of a Denver audience who were willing to give $1 to combat Satan to stand up. Only a few rose. "Play The Star-Spangled Banner," she told her bandsmen. All rose.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 12, 1929 | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

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