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Word: forth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Republican nominee insists that the Wagner Act must be amended and an "impartial" board be created. But he adduces no evidence of the partiality of the present board and one would think that if such proof existed, he would triumphantly drag it forth. For as a lawyer, Mr. O'Brian probably appreciates the importance of evidence. As a matter of fact, all the evidence supplied by English experience suggests that most employers can have peace if they're willing to bargain with their employees instead of beating them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. LORD O'BRIAN | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

Muttering incantations which charmers profess the snakes know and heed, the aged snake man moved about the villa and grounds. "Come forth, O snakes, in the name of Allah! In the name of Allah, O snakes, come out of your holes," he chanted in archaic Arabic. Suddenly he sank to his knees, began to blow a slow, wailing melody on his reed pipe, swaying his body as he played. Out from hiding slid the hooded head of a young cobra, then another and another, until nine young reptiles appeared, raised their bodies from the ground and riveted their eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Ambassador's Snakes | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...cult. They are true followers of Christ Jesus, and " are engaged in preaching the gospel of God's Kingdom under Christ (Matthew 24:14). They do not "engage in periodic spats with the law because its members like to peddle anticlerical pamphlets." . . . Jehovah's Witnesses are putting forth their best endeavors to aid the people to gain a knowledge of what is contained in the Bible. This is done in part by the publication and distribution of books which ... do not contain the words of a self-constituted "Prophet," as you termed Judge Rutherford, but . . . present a clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 10, 1938 | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...above), especially since in Berlin a high Nazi had remarked: "Our Führer took cognizance of the American President's reply to his yesterday's telegram, but no answer is likely to be forthcoming, else there will be no end of the messaging back and forth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Message Heard | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...drop in janitors' pay from $29 to $23 during the summer is believed to have called forth the first protest and the subsequent negotiation between the union and the University. For the University Durant said that his office had been working for several years on discrepancies in wages and was glad to come to a settlement at this time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Pay 'Adjustment' Arranged With Janitors Leaves University Satisfied | 10/8/1938 | See Source »

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