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Word: forli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fortnight ago the Turkish Consul-General at New York told the Merchants' Association that his country was "desirous to come in touch with societies interested in hogs." Because pig-flesh is forbidden food to Moslems, he explained, Turkey is becoming overrun with wild swine. Perhaps some U. S. concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Wild Hoggers | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

The Merchants' Association told the press. The press told the story. Last week the Merchants' Association received a letter from one Frederick Paul, farmer, of Stemmers, Md. Wrote he: "We saw a piece in the Baltimore News saying the Turkish Government is asking your association to help them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Wild Hoggers | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

In the post-office in Algonac, Mich., sits Chris Smith, chewing tobacco, swapping stories with his small-town cronies, whittling small models of boats. He is founder, and his son Jay is president of the largest mahogany motorboat company in the U. S.* Last week Chris Smith & Sons Boat Co...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chris the Whittler | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Whittling out duck decoys first gave Chris Smith the idea for a motorboat that would be short, broad, flat so as to ride on top of the water instead of cutting through it. This revolutionary design, now largely used in speed boats, produced the first boats to make 60 m...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chris the Whittler | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

In the corporate title the "& Sons" is far from being a fiction. The four Smith boys now run the business, Jay as President, Bernard as Engineer, Owen as Buyer, Hamilton as General Factotum. Jay, who resembles his father but is more businesslike, was a real water baby. He ran passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chris the Whittler | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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