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Word: greatests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Aside from the mere figure of 121 releases, which at best is a ponderous argument, the factors which are most desirable in the public eye are quality, timeliness, and the selection of news. It should also be pointed out that in handling the subject of greatest interest to the public, namely the House Plan, the majority of the official releases were merely late confirmations of news already printed in the metropolitan dailies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

Thus did Mr. Coolidge, in his own words, "retire voluntarily from the greatest experience that can come to mortal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Coolidge Why | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...Greatest anarch of his time was Jacob ("Jake") Volk, wrecker of Delmonico's, Vanderbilt homes, Chemical National Bank, et al., whose highest ambition, to wreck the Woolworth Building, remained unfulfilled at his death last month (TIME, March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Anarchs | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...story is as simple as life itself seems to be. A Midwestern youth who wants to be an architect takes his greatest satisfaction in the fact that he is free, that he may defy his drab background, and do as he pleases in becoming great. Then, one moonlit night, a girl's arms fasten him, innocently, generously, but so tightly that he can never escape. He tries, of course, but finds that his ambition has been diluted by emotion. He settles down in the environment he hates, trapped, but sure that he will not vegetate as all the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 15, 1929 | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...there is a real rival for the chesty Yankees. Backed by the chewing-gum millions of William Wrigley Jr., Manager Joe McCarthy has built up a formidable combination. Said Bucky Harris after the Chicago Cubs had beaten his Detroit Tigers five straight games in spring training: "It is the greatest team I have ever seen on a baseball field." Harris has seen the Yankees. He has seen them at their best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Again, Baseball | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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