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Word: knowes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hope Mr. Anderson feels better after plagiarizing a cheap, trashy, vulgar poem and sending to TIME with the suggestion that it is the "Texas version" of the presidential campaign. If I may use language as vulgar as he-what the hell does he know about the "Texas version"? He gives his address as Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 29, 1928 | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...over to Assistant Attorney General William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan. The result was awaited attentively, not only by Senator Walsh, but by Senator Capper of Kansas. The latter, a faithful Republican, did not seek to embarrass the Administration, but there were potent oil men in Kansas who wanted to know what was what. Not the lease provocative feature of Oilman Sinclair's Salt Creek contract was that it was exceedingly bad business for the U. S. Prices had risen and Sinclair was getting high grade oil from the U. S. far below the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Villains? Goat? | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

Horton: Well, I don't know. What do you think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Barbershop Talk | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...almost forgotten football in the heat of all this politics. But I know you will want to hear about...

Author: By Joe Forecast, | Title: PRESIDENTIAL AUGURIES GET JOE'S PUBLIC AGOG | 10/27/1928 | See Source »

...Vagabond sets out with a heart as light as that of Manis Twain's hero who slew his conscience and then murdered thirty-eight within two weeks as a start towards settling some ancient scores. From all he has been able to gather from acquaintances who ought to know. Dartmouth is situated on the top of a sky jump somewhere near the Canadian border and was once patronized by one of the Webster boys. But with a few simple rules, such as being careful not to ask if green ties are in honor of St. Patrick and a resolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Students Vagabond | 10/27/1928 | See Source »

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