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Word: helpful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have been very fortunate in being the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Behr, in coming under the influence of excellent teachers, in having been initiated into the Phi Sigma Delta fraternity . . . and of attending a college with a campus so beautiful in its natural simplicity that one cannot help but feel the hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pot Pourri | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...Colchester, Conn., one Edward West, 69, six feet tall, fell down a well. The well was 20 feet deep; in its bottom were five feet of water. Standing in this, Edward West yelled for help. As he did so, his feet sank slowly into the mud and the water rose slowly along his neck, up his chin. At the end of an hour, the water reached the mouth of Edward West. Unable to shout any more, in a few minutes he would be unable to breathe. As he waited for a slow drowning, Edward West saw the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 11, 1928 | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

Hornblower & Weeks. New York Stock Exchange traders last week advertised for clerical help. Four hundred "white collar'' men applied; ten were hired. United States Shares Corporation, investment trust organizers, advertised for security salesmen. Two hundred "white collar" men applied; 15 were hired tentatively. All the other "white collar" jobless were inept for the work for which they imagined themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Inept White Collars | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

...tiny grocery store bristling with progress. First glance reveals no striking difference from myriad other stores; glance two does. A placard reads: "Nothing in this store over 5 & 10 cents." There are other wall slogans: "Ordinarily we dislike seeing folks get in a Pickle but let us help you. There is no gamble about our Diced carrots." A lone cashier, for a dime, will dispense eggs by threes, bacon in strips of six, butter in quarters of a pound, anchovy paste, or vegetal buds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dime Groceries | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

...said that I seem to be full of nothing so much as cute ideas, and the ones that are the most amuseing to the reading public are about my un-mental friend Dorothy. Because I use Psychology and understand that there are some people in the world who cannot help it if thier instincks are unnatural. I mean, Dorothy gives presents to gentlemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pervading Sadness | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

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