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Word: generously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...length (about one in the morning) they quieted down, and, I firmly believe, went to sleep. They were the most human-sounding beasts I have ever met! All the grunts, sighs, groans, wheezes, and measured snores of human sleep were reproduced in a generous but exact replica. One snored so persistently that one of our hobo companions woke, swore sleepily, and with a stick rapped the offender into startled wakefulness and silence. Perhaps some of your other subscribers have had similar first-hand experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 19, 1928 | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...Generous handicaps up to eight minutes will be awarded, the purpose of the run being to promote interest in distance running. Fifty-six entries have been made to date for the five and a half mile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTRIES FOR HANDICAP CROSS COUNTRY RUN CLOSE TOMORROW | 11/13/1928 | See Source »

Oscar F. Grab last week bestowed his $1,000,000 dressmaking business upon 14 employes. Modest: "I couldn't have made a success without their assistance." Tireless: "I want to try something else." Generous Grab's "something else" is the executive vice-presidency of the Lefcourt Normandie National Bank (Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Index: Nov. 5, 1928 | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

...ever the spirit of liberty should vanish from the rest of the Union, it could be restored by the generous store held by the people in this brave little State of Vermont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: My Fellow Vermonters. . . . | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

James J. Hoey was another outstanding figure on the "Santa Claus." He rose to his present position of vice chairman of the national executive committee via the New York Legislature, where he and the Nominee worked together as young men. Big-framed, self-confident, breezy, generous. 50 years old but much younger in looks, he reflects his Western upbringing more clearly than his New York nativity. His Tammany connection has not overshadowed his reputation as a humanitarian, a framer of public school legislation, a philanthropist whose chief work is the Boys Club Federation, of which he is the national president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Traveling Cabinet | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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