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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...worth while or isn't it? HALLOWELL DAVIS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Matter of Tons. | 1/19/1918 | See Source »

...some retailers are out of salt. Various persons whose foresight is so excellent that they see what isn't there have been buying five and six times as much salt as usual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 11/21/1917 | See Source »

...happens, "A Cure For Curables" isn't a mastodonic success. It has a good idea, but as soon as it germinates, Hodge steps in sight for the first time and everybody knows the solution. In bringing about a happy fourth act, he foils three members of the caste, restores ten of them to health, regenerates one and marries one--all in the same evening. And if self-assurance was sand, Hodge would be the Sahara desert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 11/21/1917 | See Source »

Today begins the second half of the period allotted for the subscription of the second Liberty Loan. In 12 business days this country must come across with at least $3,000,000,000 or be discredited. New England isn't alone in lagging but no other section has less excuse. The security is unexcelled, the rate of interest attractive, the patriotic urge should be compelling. All together, therefore, and HEAVE! .--Boston Advertiser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/16/1917 | See Source »

...prefer at all costs to credit the worst, it is sufficient to say simply this: Either the camp is going to continue in practical conformation to original schedule or not. If it is, they have nothing to worry about, for they will get what they expected. If it isn't they have either learned a great deal which is of unforgettable value, or they haven't. If they have, they have nothing to worry about, for they are the possessors of wisdom. If they haven't, they are incontestably stupid, and would learn nothing from Hindenburg, Brusiloff, and Petain conducting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAR AND RUMORS OF ANYTHING | 6/14/1917 | See Source »

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