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Word: manly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Times changed its plans, did not send its man to Cuba. Lobbyist Lakin's ultimate conclusion about trying secretly to supervise TIME'S investigator was: "This venture was not exactly profitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Letters of Lakin | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...year's time. By a process of rotation Frank McManamy, whose I. C. C. service began 23 years ago as a clerk, was advanced to the head of the Commission to succeed Ernest Irving Lewis. Chairman McManamy will need all his knowledge-and experience as a practical railroad man to cope with the task assigned him, because last week the Commission adopted and published its long-delayed plan for consolidating U. S. railroads. Eight years in the making, the I. C. C. plan is likely to take at least as long to execute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Merger Plan Hatched | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

When a big car driven by a droop-cheeked, mild-eyed man bunted another last week in St. Joseph, Mich., Patrolman Charles Skelly told the guilty driver to come along to the police station to pay the few dollars damage. The driver yanked out an automatic, shot Officer Skelly dead, sped away. When he smashed up his car, he used his gun to persuade motorists to give him lifts. Officers traced the police-killer closely for an hour, then lost him. The wrecked car was registered in the name of Frederick Dane, owner of a commodious home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Most Dangerous Man Alive | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...bank banditry. Rewards between $60,000 and $75,000 (depending on the number of convictions obtained) are set on his head. The underworld "grapevine" reported that potent underworldlings would pay double that amount for his delivery to them. In full cry detectives and gangsters deployed for a mid-continent man hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Most Dangerous Man Alive | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Searchers moved carefully, mindful of official warnings: "Burke is a very dangerous murderer. . . . Advise police caution in approaching him. . . . One of the most infamous ex-convicts in the U. S. . . . The most dangerous man alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Most Dangerous Man Alive | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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