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Word: held (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sugar last week became food for Republican thought as the Senate Finance Committee returned to this bitter-sweet subject of tariff-writing. Full committee hearings were held on a plan for a sliding scale of sugar duties proposed by Chairman Reed Smoot as a substitute for the flat rate in the House tariff bill. Senator Smoot spent the weekend with President Hoover at the latter's Shenandoah National Park camp site, returned convinced that the President will approve the bill if his sliding scale is inserted, pondered sugar solemnly with the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: Sugar: 6 cents per Ib. | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...Brown Chief of Police had paid $7 to recover his watch from a pawnshop, whither it had been brought by a thief who had sneaked it from the room in which its owner was sleeping; also how the Brown Chief never did get back the trousers which held the watch which was in the room in which he was sleeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Toledo Thimble Race | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...called Agent Stevens. Leveling his rifle at the farmer, Stevens started to rush him, tripped over a sand rut, pulled the trigger, shot the farmer through the heart, dead. Stevens had no search warrant. His raid netted a still, 19 barrels of mash, 28 gallons of whiskey. He was held for murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Dead | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...Plaines, Ill., was cleaning fish. Suddenly he heard a cheer outside. Poking his head through the tent-flap, Scout Taylor was quick to recognize sparrow-legged U. S. Ambassador to England Charles Gates Dawes. No lavatory in his tent, Scout Taylor rushed out, fishy paws and all. Ambassador Dawes held out a clean white hand. "Afraid I can't shake hands," said the Scout, "I've been scaling fish." The Ambassador grinned, gripped the boys wrist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Millionaires | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (Famed Pittsburgh family steel company, closel)' held by the Jones and Laughlin families. Founded in 1852. G. M. Laughlin Jr. is Board Chairman and W. L. Jones Jr. and B. F. Jones III are Executive Committee members. Capacity of 2,400,000 gross tons pig iron and 3,000,000 gross tons ingots. Earned $16 a share for the half.) Net income, first half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Earnings: Aug. 5, 1929 | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

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