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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Even better than the Tiger, the Chief of Police of Paris knows the value of a perfect valet. Monsieur Jean Chiappe, like New York's Grover Aloysius Whalen, is sartorially pluperfect. He appears at inquests in a cutaway, dashes to the scene of midnight murders in a white tie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Beaux Gestes | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Said Federal District Attorney James C Kinsler, who prosecuted the case: "The ruling is revolutionary and will be quoted throughout the country in every case based on a raid without a warrant. It is equivalent to saying that an officer cannot break into a house without a warrant even if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Warrants Required | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

"Bah for the ladies! But if the Prince wants it, all right with me. Here you?" He turned to a second, "Get me an undershirt. Try and get one that will fit."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: No Shirt, No Fight | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

This appeared perilously near truth. As Minister of Unemployment. "Privy Seal Jim" can point to few achievements. Last week he parried 15 specific questions in the House as to what if anything he is doing to find work for Britain's 1,295,000 unemployed, with the statement: "I am...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

"If Ontario and Quebec do not get fair returns for their forest wealth, we will have to do something. We can do almost anything, but we do not want to make the price of paper, for when a government intervenes to fix the price of merchandise it does not succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Premier v. Pulpster | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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