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Word: maining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...main points did Secretary Davis make: 1) Let the U. S. announce definitely that it has no intention of withdrawing from the Philippines for some time to come. This would stabilize the Filipino state of mind. 2) Let Filipino politics be subordinated to Filipino economics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: War Report | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...good method of obtaining it. If, however, he wishes to see articles reporting his speeches written in a tone complimentary to him, let him think out what he's going to say before he says it, and not talk for a half hour extempore at the conclusion of his main address...

Author: By K. B. Daggett ., | Title: He That Hath Ears-- | 12/6/1927 | See Source »

Blackmer's Bonds. For refusing to return to the U. S. from France to testify in the Fall-Sinclair trial, Harry M. Blackmer, one of the main Sinclair vice presidents, was pronounced in contempt of court by Justice Frederick Lincoln Siddons, Mr. Sinclair's latest judge. Last fortnight a U. S. Marshall called at a Washington bank and attached for the U. S. $100,000 in Liberty Bonds deposited there in Mr. Blackmer's name. Mr. Blackmer's attorney promised to fight the U. S. for return of this price of silence by testing the constitutionality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Dead Mackerel | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...eight convicts had slipped from their places and surrounded Assistant Turnkey Ray Singleton. They were dragging him towards a door from the cellhouse into the adjacent hospital. They were telling him to get the master key. Turnkey Singleton was answering that the master key, which would open the main door of the cellhouse, had been taken away from its usual place at the telephone switchboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: California Convicts | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...church, located at Riverside Drive and 122nd St., will cover approximately 22,500 square feet of land. Its nave, 100 feet wide, will run north and south parallel with the Hudson River. Its main entrance will be on Riverside Drive through a bell tower, 300 feet in height. The cost will be about $4,000,000. Its seating capacity will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fosdick Cornerstone | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

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