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Word: frauds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...68th Congress was that Mr. Bloom was declared elected, 17,909 votes to Mr. Chandler's 17,718. Mr Chandler called for a recount, and the majority against him was reduced from 191 to 126. Mr. Chandler then took the contest to the House of Representatives, charging fraud and irregularities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bloom | 3/3/1924 | See Source »

Antonie Buddenbrook. The sister of Thomas. At 17 a "silly goose" by her own confession, later on she "knows life" and is anxious to tell you this. Her chief skill seems to be in making unsuccessful marriages, of which she contracts two. One with Bendix Grun-lich, a fraud with handsome yellow moustaches, a faculty for falling dramatically on his knees at just the correct moment, and a distinct taste for the Buddenbrook money. The second with Herr Permaneder, a really kind-hearted if totally impossible Municher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Buddenbrooks* | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...investigate and prosecute the case. He named Silas H. Strawn of Chicago and former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Akron as counsel, subject to confirmation by the Senate. In a letter to the Senate he took exception to the preamble of the resolution which declared that there were indications of fraud and corruption, and he stated that any guilt must be determined before a proper court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Oil Bath | 2/18/1924 | See Source »

...deity of Christ, Mr. Bryan's central argument is that if Christ was not divine He was an imposter, and that it is unlikely a Galilean peasant could perpetrate "so stupendous a fraud for nearly 20 centuries on so large a fraction of the most intelligent of the world's population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Blood, etc. | 2/18/1924 | See Source »

Attorney Henry L. Burnham '99, counsel for the University Band and the President and Fellows of the University in their suit charging fraud in the manufacture and sale of band records, will again marshall his witnesses and arguments before Judge Nelson Brown L. '03 of the Superior Court in Boston at 10 o'clock this morning. The suit was postponed last Monday at the request of the defendants for time to prepare their case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Case Gets Going Again | 2/15/1924 | See Source »

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