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Word: haves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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No secret is it that Andrew Mellon, before he made his gift to Washington three years ago, spent much time trying to persuade his friend Joe Widener to join him, since their two collections were perhaps the world's finest in private hands. Last time the two met, Mellon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Brother-in-Law | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

When the British pound was at its prewar level (near par: $4.86), ?230 ($1,117.80) per ton would have been a good price for tin-equivalent (with the cost of freight and insurance) to about 48? per Ib. As the world's biggest user of tin, the U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Tin Relaxed | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Since July 27, the Department of Agriculture has made subsidy commitments on 5,700,000 bales against total exports of only 3,362,000 bales in the cotton year ended July 1, 1939. The balance of the subsidy fund should account for another 600,000 bales at $1 a bale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Dollar Wheat | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Old (67) John Kelly, a teetotaler, would not even have a thimbleful of whiskey at his party, but he sat down at his typewriter and batted out the news for happy Walla Wallans to read in the morning editions of his newspaper.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Father of Peas | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

If the great boom had given Associated a few more palmy years, it might have succeeded in merging with another $1,000,000,000 system, Standard Gas and Electric Co. Standard runs 26 operating utilities, among them Pittsburgh's large Duquesne Light Co. and Wisconsin Public Service Co. For...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personnel: Mr. Jones's Proteges | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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