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Word: illustriouses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Father Talbot, an associate editor of America (Jesuit weekly), knew that the Talbots are an ancient and illustrious Irish family, with both Roman Catholic and Protestant branches. But he had not heard of Matt Talbot. He made inquiries. To his amazement he discovered that Matt Talbot, a laborer, dead less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Saintly Lumberman | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

Eugene (English for Jeno) Ormandy arrived in the U. S. ten years ago for a concert tour, but his manager failed him and he took the only job he could find- violinist in Manhattan's Capitol Theatre orchestra. One day the conductor was taken suddenly ill and the pale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Conductor Made | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

"It is particularly agreeable to me to pronounce these words in New York in the presence of Marshal Pétain, the most illustrious of our soldiers. France is resolutely attached to peace, which can only be founded upon organization and security. . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Canvass | 11/2/1931 | See Source »

A notable change has come over "Oggie" Mills since he entered the Treasury four years ago as the dictatorial, rather supercilious scion of a wealthy old family. Born 46 years ago at Newport, R. I. at the height of the social season, he inherited a background and outlook by no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Red Year's End | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

Thomas Woodrow Wilson, twelve feet high, stood in the centre of Poznan's municipal park last week pointing to a granite map of Poland with an enormous outstretched arm which promises to be a great convenience to Polish pigeons. Mrs. Wilson, Poland's President Ignacy Moscicki, U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Poznaris Wilson | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

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