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Word: may (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sirs: Referring to out Brownsville-Mexico City line (TIME, Tampico, May 27) you state that there are two stops and that the price of the fare is $200 U. S. Cy. There is but one stop and the fare is $100 U. S. Cy., or an equivalent of $200 pesos Mex. Gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 24, 1929 | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

First he made an appeal to the country, thus: "The vote in the Senate today adds further delay to farm relief and may gravely jeopardize the enactment of legislation. ... I earnestly hope that the Congress will enact the conferees' report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Constructive Start | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

Meanwhile customs men hung on to $150,000 worth of diamonds set in platinum, taken from Mrs. Rella Factor on May 28. Once a Chicagoan, Mrs. Factor claimed, as the wife of a London stockbroker, to be a British subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Ladies' Game | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...York's Congressman La Guardia issued the civil war warning, thus: "At some place at some time the wrong person will be shot and the people of that locality will retaliate. When that happens such a spirit may sweep this country that our people will rebel against this tyranny. Prohibition is not worth plunging the country into civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Line of Duty | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...after sidestepping its two most explosive problems and passing others over for future study. By far the most picturesque meeting in its history, it was one of the least fruitful. General Primo de Rivera's government had contrived to make it, with the Seville and Barcelona Expositions (TIME, May 20), Spain's biggest show. Hampered by publicity, the Council members resorted more than ever to secret sessions and corridor conferences to get their real work done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Council of Madrid | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

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