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Word: fourths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Everett & William Sawyer of Lincoln, Neb., college-bellboys at the Lake Hotel, met Mrs. Coolidge, told her they were fourth cousins to the President. He, interested, invited them to call and explain the relationship. When they were unable to explain, President Coolidge, genealogical expert, did so for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coolidge Week | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

While black Elks last week danced through Harlem, shouting, in purple clothes and fine fettle (see p. 29), other Negroes held a less riotous convention elsewhere in Harlem. These were the members of the fourth Pan-African Congress, who had gathered from the U. S., the West Indies, Germany, Japan, India, South America, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Liberia, South Africa, to discuss racial needs. Speeches were made, newspapers commented, resolutions were accepted and published. Speeches. Said Dr. Wilhelm Mensching of Petzen, Germany: "The fruits of love as outlined by Apostle Paul grow in the soul of the African." Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Pan-Africana | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

Said Miss Rider: "We were all sleeping when the firing began. It sounded like a Fourth of July celebration. We were warned by the Pullman conductor that the train was being attacked and to be careful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Mexican Banditry | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

...divorce suits will be heard by a special section of the Fourth Civil Tribunal, presided over by Rieul Paisant, expert on international and U. S. state laws, who speaks English comme un Anglais. Thorough examination of all applications is to result under the new regime and particular attention is to be paid to the method of establishing residence and the possibility of collusion between the litigants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Stiffer Divorces | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...Reisner suspected it was the tomb of Queen Hetep-Heres, mother of Cheops, and many months of meticulous examination and removal of priceless debris proved him right. It was the first intact tomb ever found of a person of the Fourth Dynasty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diggers | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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