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Word: handed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hand" could not have been seen in the speedy passage of the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act for the reason that I was then, and am now, opposed to such legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...When, on the other hand, it is seen that the object of knowledge is prospective and eventual, being the result of inferential or reflective operations which redispose what was antecedently existent, the subject matters called respectively sensible and conceptual are seen to be complementary in effective direction of inquiry to an intelligible conclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...reached his hand into St. Louis, Newark, Atlantic City. He spread his power over the newborn labor rackets. He built a $65,000 walled fortress in Florida on Palm Island, near Miami. He turned up at theatres, thick lips puckered, flanked by watchful bodyguards. Honest men patted him gingerly on the back, said of him, "Great fellow, Al." He sat with society in Miami, he had a ringside seat at the big fights. His levy fell on millions-every man paid through his liquor, entertainment, food, clothing. The take of his racket organization was estimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Hoodlum | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Burtt in the hand is worth two in the Budzianowski," countered the Sage. "With Torbie Hanlon the ball, it'll be a cinch for the Crimson. And that's not sheer Flaherty...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey, | Title: SAGE BLESSES ELEVEN, SAYS "HARLOWED BY THY NAME" | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

...other hand, Dorothy Lamour as an orientalized American is distinctly wooden--not only in her acting but in her attempt at speaking English with an accent. It seems that Paramount has taught her some Chinese for the picture; for those who are interested, it can be understood, but it recks of Brooklyn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

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