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Word: fines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hard work? I should say so, but then I'm used to it, what with staying in my office in Washington until 12 o'clock almost every night. This experience will be invaluable to me when I start lecturing again in the fall and also will be fine material for a book I'm going to write. Everybody is so kind to me, this is such a polite city, I really enjoy every minute. Why people even get up to give me a seat in streetcars and subways." On his third newsgathering day, he was sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Reporter Upshaw | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...That was how," chortled Newsman Upshaw last week, "I came to be known as the first man who put the fires under Al Smith. He deserved it, fine man though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Reporter Upshaw | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...Author. Able editor of the Paris Matin from 1905 to 1924, Henry de Jouvenel entered French politics actively via the Senate in 1921. He was made a delegate to the League of Nations, and in 1924 became Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts under Premier Poincaré. In 1925 he did a brilliant six-months' job as French High Commissioner for Syria. Returning to Paris in 1926, he later began La Revue des Vivants with the help of other War survivors (his Croix de Guerre is for Verdun). Now aged 53, he continues in the French Senate, a potent member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stormy Mirabeau | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

Died. John Burchard Fine, 66, of Princeton, N. J., headmaster of Princeton Preparatory School since 1888; in Princeton. Educator Fine's successor will probably be his son, Harry B. Fine, present acting headmaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 5, 1929 | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...first place. Last year's Champion, the St. Louis Club, is a poor fourth, mostly through collapse of the pitching staff. The New York "Giants" are third but here again the common ailment of poor pitching has been a grave handicap. Pitcher Grimes, whose fine work has held up the Pittsburgh Club, last week had his thumb dislocated by a fast liner. If he is long on the bench, the Chicago Club should be the next champion. Outstanding Chicagoans are Infielder Rogers Hornsby and Outfielders Hack Wilson (who recently got into a fist fight with a Cincinnati player), Riggs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baseball, Midseason | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

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