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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Now, could you tell whether one of those immediate ancestors was a Rev. Nicholas Murray ("Miraculous" would come in here) who left his sect and became a Roman Catholic priest and afterwards relapsed, so I have heard. Does TIME know if this is so?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 16, 1939 | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

If surgeons were truly impersonal (or, one might say, truly neutral) they would not heed the calls of distress from suffering humanity when they themselves were otherwise engaged in watching the ticker, or playing bridge, or writing thoughtful treatises on the insanity of their fellow men. They would not go...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 16, 1939 | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

At the death of Admiral Gary T. Grayson last year, she was urged to fill his position as national chairman. She had declined many times before, declined again. Her reason: "If there ever arises any doubt about the conduct of the Red Cross or its finances, investigators might be inclined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Hungry and Naked | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Gruff old Rear Admiral Emory Scott Land, chairman of the U. S. Maritime Commission, barked on the White House steps: "It's a nice idea, but what are you going to do if somebody sticks his nose inside the zone?" If the U. S. Navy, with what help its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Nice Idea | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Secretary Hull put the Declaration of Panama on a strictly if-as-and-when basis: if belligerent France, Great Britain or Germany decline to recognize the American Neutral Zone, the American Republics will "consult," and see what is to be done next.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Nice Idea | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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