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Word: lies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...curse of this country.' said a scandalized citizen? to me the other day, is its politicians. They are cynics, fakers, dope-merchants. ... If they don't lie, at least they prevaricate. . . . There's nothing to choose between them. Tory, Labor, Liberal. . . . Lead out all the politicians and shoot them, and the country and the Empire might have a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Frankau's Britannia | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

Died. Dr. Albert Schneider, 65, able scientist & criminologist of Portland, Ore.; from cerebral hemorrhage; in Portland. Dr. Schneider devised an apparatus for registering brain reactions known as the lie detector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 5, 1928 | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

Leader: "For our Great Men who lie dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Holy of Holies | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...reason for this seems to lie in the lack of coordinancy among the cheer leaders. They rarely get off to a simultaneous start, and the result is a hodge-podge of response from the student body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Antic Art | 10/25/1928 | See Source »

Coming with a score of Cadillacs and a minimum of gestures the Republican standard bearer was met with a legally convictable crime against his name. The blame cannot fall upon the powerful local club that believes in prosperity. Rather does suspicion lie in other quarters. A student may, if he likes, believe in the "intentions" of Smith or the "Bolshevism" of Thomas, but such malefactions as this are hardly salve to the reputation of either aspirant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT | 10/16/1928 | See Source »

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