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Word: fluential (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

Although not conceived with cynical intent, the early dismissal from school is a reflection on the sense of proportion of the general public. A not unin fluential group has determined that America shall not slip down the lax road to ruin. The methods employed however, fit ill with the announced intention. Morality in the last analysis would appear to rest on the inclinations and customs of the people and not on the pointed paternalisms of authority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DOUBLE-EDGED DOUBT | 4/28/1926 | See Source »

After Mr. Murphy's funeral, while political leaders were still assembled in Manhattan, a conference took place behind locked doors in the Hotel Biltmore. Governor Smith himself, George E. Brennan, Democratic boss of Illinois (since the death of Mr. Murphy unquestionably the most in- fluential Democratic boss in the country), Norman E. Mack, Democratic National Committeeman from New York, Surrogate James A. Foley, son-in-law of the late Tammany leader and claimant to the Tammany throne, were present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pre-Convention | 5/12/1924 | See Source »

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