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Word: fulle (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Against this view was thrown the full weight of six men who had served as Secretary of the Treasury. Said onetime Secretary of the Treasury, now Senator, Carter Glass: "If Mr. Mellon is disqualified ... for holding stock, I was certainly ineligible for office, Alexander Hamilton was ineligible and so was every other Secretary of the Treasury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: End of Nipper-Snapping | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...flames curl outside the windows, one of the firemen telephones the office for the key to the next room. The other tunes a violin, giving the excuse: "Not enough time to practice at home." Libby Holman, that singing girl who improves so tremendously on Helen Morgan, has a full-throated Harlem sonata, "Moanin' Low." Most of the lyrics were written by nimble-witted Howard Dietz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's publicity man. His "theme" song: Hammacher-Schlemmer* (I Love You). The Grand Street Follies have always depended largely on protean Albert Carroll, impish imitator of the grimaces and posturings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 13, 1929 | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...that city's daily Star, a most independent un-Hearstlike newspaper. Into the Star man's hands Mr. Hearst delivered a 3,000 word statement entitled: "We Need Laws We can Respect." He requested the Star man explicitly to see that the Star should publish the statement in full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hearst v. Hoover | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

That was enough, however, for Hearst purposes. Last week the full statement was spread across the U. S. in the Hearst papers and in paid advertisements in other papers under the byline: "William Randolph Hearst in the Kansas City Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hearst v. Hoover | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...more than 50 people witnessed the Manger feats last week in the amateur weight-lifting championships of the U. S. The reason for that was the bouts were held in Manhattan's German-American Athletic Club, an out-of-the-way little place on an island full of less static entertainment than grunting men lifting lifeless burdens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Strong-Men | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

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