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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Charter a car and come down to lunch one day. We will have a real rally on the White House lawn. We might even borrow some tents from the Marines and let you camp there all night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCOUTS: Three Things Wanted | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...such friends-of-the-farmer as Montana's Wheeler, North Dakota's Frazier, South Dakota's Norbeck, Iowa's Brookhart, South Carolina's Smith, Caraway of Arkansas, Heflin of Alabama. Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, sat back and let his colleagues have their fun. Many a witness might have been dismayed. But Alexander H. Legge was not dismayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Draft Man | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...when Kings go forth to battle." Without this tale is lost one of the most important psychological links in the evolution of David from the young idealist who befriended Jonathan into the almost fanatical writer of the imprecatory psalms -all of which are omitted. Question: Is it well to let the child think of David as always good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sunday School Bible | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...signature: "Edward S. Harkness." Harkness? Harkness? "Why, thank you. . . . Ah, could you lunch with me?" he finally asked. "I'm very sorry, but my wife is shopping in Boston and I have promised to meet her. Good morning. . . . By the way, if the plan costs more, let me know how much." The unobtrusive man nodded pleasantly and went out. Months later, the "how much" proved to be $10,000,000 which ultimately Yaleman Harkness gave to Harvard (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Harkness Gifts | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...these changes was Craig B. Hazelwood of Chicago, retiring president of the A. B. A. Banker Hazelwood has many friends among bankers, is said to keep track of their careers as closely as changes in banking trends. Known as an orator and wise counselor, Mr. Hazelwood recently warned: "Let the banker who is afraid to face facts remember that his competitor is going to face them and that progress will go on, with him or over him. A mind that is not receptive to new viewpoints is apt to be closed to human phases of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bankers' Dilemma | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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