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Word: make (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make the statement that "seven jurors favored setting the will aside. Five opposed." This is not true. The first ballot was nine to three in favor of setting the will aside, and it was never less than this majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 4, 1939 | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...State Department be especially careful not to act rashly. A break of diplomatic relations with Russia would be an ill-advised act, at this time above all others, when we must do everything we can to peer through the fog that surrounds Russian policy, and be ready to make the most of possibilities for peace. Now if ever there is a need for cool heads and complete, accurate information for them to work on, not only in the State Department, but in the nation as a whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEEING RED | 12/2/1939 | See Source »

...statement emphasizes the fact that their views are not taken to further the best interests of the U.S., but to champion the cause of Russia. While there is no legitimate reason for suppressing such views, there is no denying that, emotionally, they invite suppression, and for this reason make less healthy the political climate of the U.S., and may actually endanger our neutrality. By holding stubbornly to a Russia that has lost the respect of the world, the YCL may find that it has surrendered the priceless gift of peace for America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEEING RED | 12/2/1939 | See Source »

...Yardlings have been chosen to make up the Freshman Committee of Phillips Brooks House after a three weeks competition, the election committee announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ten Yardlings Are Elected to P.B.H. Freshman Committee | 12/2/1939 | See Source »

...story is enough to make a mystery fan throw up his hands in abject despair. It concerns a psychic convict fresh from taking the tap for a rich, buccaueering and, of all things, the rich man's murder. There's a nifty bit of Rube Goldbergiana concerning the firing of a pistol, but otherwise the film ends with very little clarification of anything save the fact that Nick Charles leads a very merry married life. However, the conversation sparkles at frequent intervals and Myrna Loy wears a negligee now and then for a man's money this is enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

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