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Word: laws (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Mr. Kohler was elected in opposition to the powerful La Follette group which has for many a year controlled Wisconsin politics. Angry, the bitter-enders among the La Follette organization drew up a petition accusing Governor Kohler of having spent $104,000 on his campaign. As the Wisconsin law puts $4,000 as a maximum campaign expenditure, the petitioners sought to disqualify the Governor from office as a violator of the states's corrupt practices act. Among signers of the petition was Philip La Follette, brother of the present, son of the late Senator Robert Marion La Follette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Carnations & Carnage | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...know hundreds of ladies of the aristocracy and upper classes who believe that they have accomplished a super-human feat when they have presented their husbands with one son, as if they had performed a galling duty imposed by law to the exclusive benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Thin Ladies Flayed | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...Sponge Exchange. Yellow, soft, they would be spread on the grey concrete floor like a grotesque splash of sunlight. Purchasers would appraise, make anonymous bids. If the sellers would not sell, a second bid would be made, perhaps a third. But if the third bid was also rejected the Law of the Sponge Exchange has it that the sponges may no longer be offered for sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Demosthenes the Fortunate | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...late husband's birthplace, No. 28 East 20th St., Manhattan. Plans were announced to raise a $250,000 endowment fund for the maintenance of the Roosevelt birthplace; a $50,000 mortgage on the house was ceremoniously burned. Then, she sailed for Switzerland to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 21, 1929 | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...eleventh group of First Year Law Courts will receive their assignments today. For these clubs briefs are due on February 4 and the arguments will be held at 7.30 o'clock on February 11 at the places specified with the exception of Docket number 118 which meets at 2 o'clock. The plaintiff is mentioned first in the following summaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

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