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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Paris. "Don't let me fall. "Don't let me fall." Gendarmes did not let her fall. Thus she was carried through the crush at Le Bourget field to face the official welcomers. Rushed to the Union Interallied for the first reception; still clad in knickerbockers; her only baggage a lipstick; she made her first official speech; thanks; 26 words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Miss Elder Abroad | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...this State to make our loyal Germans dissatisfied with their spareribs and sauerkraut. In the name of 100% Americans, can't you do something about it? Under your starry banner we will fight for the complete extermination of English pheasants, English sparrows and English bulldogs. Don't let King George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Chicago Mayor | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...northern light, she drew suitors from near & far, asked them her three deadly riddles, smacked her lips when they failed and ordered their execution. Came the Unknown Prince (Tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi) who, prompted by love, guessed loudly & right, won her iciest fury in return. The duel went on: Let her discover his identity before daybreak if she would be released from the contract of her own making: Ruthlessly, murderously, she probed her investigation, but midnight and the warm beauty of the Palace Garden took the Unknown One's part, won her, led her to trumpet his name as Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Metropolitan Begins | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...Favor. "Let the Federal Reserve System alone" was a caution wholeheartedly endorsed. Said Melvin Alvah Traylor, retiring president of the Association: "Nothing could be more unfortunate than that there should be further legislative action with respect to our banking system." In the absence of U. S. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, kept at home through illness in his family, discussion on foreign loans was dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: At Houston | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...turn to pleasanter things, let us conclude this survey by a consideration of the peculiar virtues of Harvard's "Rules for Concentration and Distribution." The chief advantage of the Harvard plan is this; from the end of his Freshman year, the Harvard student knows roughly what he is going to do with the rest of his college course. He does not stumble aimlessly about changing his plans--if he has any--from year to year and harried continually by the necessity of meeting the "requirements". He is also assigned a tutor who performs for him the invaluable service of correlating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/5/1927 | See Source »

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