Search Details

Word: forli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

By the time the check arrived, Pearl had made some resolutions, had theadvice of long-armed Negro Lawyer Raymond Pace Alexander. They ducked well-wishers, salesmen, and returned $2,133.90 to the County Relief Board. They paid their debts, set aside $57,588 for income tax, redeemed the precious things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sweepstakes | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

For $40,000 the Masons bought a block of tenements in South Philadelphia. With another $40,000 and Negro labor they will transform the block into a low-cost housing project for Negroes, with 1-2-3 room, air-conditioned apartments built around a central fresh air court. This community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sweepstakes | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

The Kierans are an active family. John writes sports for the New York Times, and knows all once a week on radio's Information Please; Leo writes aviation for the Times; Larry works in the Manhattan Surrogate's office; Helen Kieran Reilly writes detective stories. And there is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: He Called Me a Guinea | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

*Slang for Italian.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: He Called Me a Guinea | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Philadelphia's municipal finances are in a bad way. All Philadelphia knows it; few Philadelphians seem to care. The city's gas plant is in hock to RFC. Its public libraries can afford to replace only 20,000 of 85,000 dog-eared books which are thumbed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Brothers | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | Next