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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Perhaps, and without perhaps, every passing day makes me feel myself, so to say, and this is the moment to state, nailed to my own geology. . . . My brain and my eyes have always been attracted by mountains. And of all mountains, it was Wagner who produced the greatest effect upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Krafft-Ebing Follies | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Kaufman's own reason for constantly collaborating is simply that he needs collaborators, that he doesn't think his plays would be very good if he worked alone. Every collaboration is an evenly shared two-man job, with long preliminary stretches for working out every detail of plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Broadway is a gold mine for Kaufman, but he never rests on his ores. He is just as apt to start thinking up a new play when he has a smash hit as when he has a flop. A friend has said that if Kaufman isn't a millionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Some considerable war purchases in the U. S. have been made and kept dark because of the sellers' craving anonymity; most big deals rumored have yet to be signed & sealed. Biggest is the French purchase of South American copper; 25,000 tons a month for six months. If it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Profiseering | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

The plan: to clear up, the $9 a share accrued on 287,225 preferred shares, exchange of each old 6%, $100-par preferred share for ½ share of new preferred and 2¾ common. The plum if the deal goes through: payment of a 30? dividend, first since 1931, on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Plum | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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