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Word: franked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...original signatories to approve the Treaty, was on its way to Washington. To East Room ceremonies were invited twoscore diplomats representing the ratifying powers. The President had a speech ready. A formal luncheon was to be served in the State dining room. Among the prime guests was to be Frank Billings Kellogg, the Coolidge Secretary of State who brought to fruition the idea of France's Aristide Briand for such a treaty. Calvin Coolidge had also been asked to attend. There were to be band music, cameramen, a nationwide hookup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Mr. Stimson Reminds | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...your specific question," answered the Ambassador, more calmly, "I am frank to say that my handicap is 35. I play golf and I don't play it, if you understand what that means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Below the Belt! | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

Which Would Win? The occidental who knows most about which side might win a Chino-Russian war is hard-boiled "Major General" Frank Sutton. He used to be chief military advisor to rapacious, barbaric old Manchurian War Lord Chang Tso-lin, father of the present Governor-Dictator of Manchuria, Chang Hsueh-Liang. Since Old Chang waged most of his wars from Mukden-and finally died there when his armored train was dynamited-the doughty General Sutton knows every inch of Manchuria's prospective battlefields and also the calibre and equipment of Chinese and Russian troops. Sought out in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA-CHINA: Growling & Hissing | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

Sometime ago Equity President Frank Gillmore declared that members signing non-Equity contracts after June 5 would be suspended. Many a player paid no attention, signed such a contract. Among them was Tully Marshall, long-faced character actor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Equity v. Hollywood | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...Died. Frank T. Gilmore, 65, of Hartford, Conn.; oldtime baseballer; in Hartford. When, in the '80s, Hartford was in the National League, he pitched. His catcher was Connie Mack (Cornelius Mc-Gillicuddy), longtime Philadelphia manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

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