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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rogers: "There would have been some suffering, yes, but no one would have starved. If the WPA would close down tonight . . . there would be no starving."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Their Honors' Opinions | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Left out of account by observers who figured that Jim Farley's sole object was to line up convention delegates for himself is the fact that in politics-his profession-he is as hard-headed a man as there is alive. He is an automaton of political finesse, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Unrumpled Traveler | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

As a means of overcoming his liability he has a record of overt loyalty to the New Deal. Never in public has he spoken anything but praise of the great idol of the people, Franklin Roosevelt. But those who do not love the New Deal's economic experiments do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Unrumpled Traveler | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Last week in Europe there were a few signs that fear of immediate war was ebbing. In London war-insurance rates were cut. Belgium discharged one-third of the technical experts recently called to the colors at Antwerp. Generalissimo Francisco Franco demobilized 200,000 Fascist troops. Moreover, it was thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sleep on Haversacks! | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Britain. In the House of Commons, War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha, during a debate on Britain's new mobilization procedure, announced new preparedness measures: British Army, Navy and Air Force reserves are to be called for one to six months' service for special training and to bring His...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sleep on Haversacks! | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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