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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Michigan's Republican Clare E. Hoffman accused the President of "using his ... office as his advertising agency," and retaining a monopoly. Circulated in Washington was the story that when offered a fat contract for a series of daily broadcasts. John Nance Garner had replied: "What Jack Garner thinks isn't worth a nickel and what the Vice President thinks is not for sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Man of Letters | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...ripe' for conciliation and mediation of its labor disputes, then it is overripe for ruin." At one point Mr. Kennedy was so steamed up that Senator Copeland cautioned: "As chairman of this committee I welcome your fury, Joe, but as a doctor I must tell you it isn't doing your stomach ulcer any good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Kennedy Candor | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...gentlemen, I have you on the hip! As a cover-to-cover reader of both TIME and LIFE, please inform me: is The Goldwyn Follies worth seeing or isn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...society's capacity to absorb them. Then where lies the issue? "What we urge," they write, "is that the fundamental problem be faced." What they apparently desire is that Mr. Conant take it upon himself to cure the social system, as well as adapt the University to it: and isn't that a rather large order even for a university president? E. Y. Hartshorne...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mail | 2/19/1938 | See Source »

...advent of Anglo-American naval cooperation, Captain Keppler predicted that the combined fleets would easily dominate the seas. "We must remember, however, that the size of a navy isn't the only factor in its effectiveness," he said. "Both Italy and Japan occupy important strategic positions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Naval Science Head Compares Adequate Coastal Defense to Insurance; Favors Building Program | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

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