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Word: invalidly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tokyo on Sept. 26, 1904 Yakumo Koizumi died, leaving four children, three of whom still live in his house. An invalid for several years before his death, he had been blind in one eye since he was 16, was painfully nearsighted in the other. As his sight failed he developed a hyper-acute sense of smell. It was Lafcadio Hearn's boast that he could smell the difference between a brunette and a blonde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Lafcadio Koizumi | 9/11/1933 | See Source »

...shiftless, lazy, a loud talker, always in some kind of avoidable difficulty with his crops. Olly was frail; he kept his end up at harvest, but his mind was on debating triumphs at college, a lawyer's future. Mark's second wife would have been an invalid if they could have afforded it; pain made her sharp tongue sharper. Lois May's and Lize's dreams all turned towards the city. But Ed was a good farmer, and little John, from the time he could toddle, showed there was sound stuff in him. Prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Seedtime & Harvest | 5/8/1933 | See Source »

...appeal to the Supreme Court could the U. S. discover where its legal duty lay. If that court upheld the brewer, it would in effect void Dry states' Prohibition Laws. If it sustained a Dry State, it would be declaring 3.2% beer intoxicating, the new 3.2% beer act invalid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: It's Off | 4/3/1933 | See Source »

...legality of his orders because U. S. courts have implied that that Act, while not specifically repealed, expired in 1921 with the passage of the Knox peace resolution. Even loyal Senator Glass exclaimed in the Senate debate: "Some of us are disposed to think these proclamations have been invalid and unconstitutional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: THE CABINET Off Bottom | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

Glass- Any layman knows the amendment is utterly invalid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: THE CONGRESS Bank Bill | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

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