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Word: foremost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Secretary Davis: "The members of the Moose have nothing to hide. It is ... one of the country's foremost philanthropic and charitable societies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Puddler Candidate | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

...better successor for Dr. Schacht could have been found. Not only is he an astute politician, and the political importance of the Reichsbank in Germany is very great, but he is one of the foremost economists in the country. Shaven-headed, thick-necked, he bears a distinct resemblance to the late great Gustav Stresemann whose friend and disciple he was. More important, he is one of the most intimate personal friends of President von Hindenburg. Born in Berlin in 1879, Bankpresident Luther proudly claims descent from the patron saint of Protestantism, grim-jawed Martin Luther...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: With Firm but Heavy Heart | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

...Yale trio is favored to sweep the Tournament because of its brilliant record. It has chalked up defeats over the foremost collegiate teams in the East...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD POLOISTS TO CLASH WITH PRINCETON | 3/22/1930 | See Source »

...exhibit will contain 15 of the leading drawings submitted in a recent competition in which over 70 candidates, many of whom are foremost architects, took part. This competition was open to all, and purses of $20,000 and $5000 were awarded as first and second prizes respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXHIBITION OF PLANS FOR CHICAGO WAR MEMORIAL | 3/20/1930 | See Source »

Last week, prompted by Tuskegee Institute's Robert Russa Moton, the foremost newspaper in the land, august New York Times, announced that it would make the typographical change from n to N "as an act in recognition of racial self-respect for those who have been for generations in 'the lower case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: N for Negro | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

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