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Word: mightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...might have been President, had he not been so hostile to William Jennings Bryan in 1912. Famed, but not so signifi cant as the Underwood boom of 1912, was Alabama's cry, "Twenty-four votes for Oscar W. Underwood," which was re peated 103 times at the Democratic convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death of Underwood | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...view of the time required to carry the project through all stages to the completion of the tunnel, the Government is convinced that it would be in the public interest to deal with this important question outside party atmosphere and by agreement so that a decision of one Government might not be upset by another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...ever played Bach like Gieseking, and they rhapsodized over an amazing technic, a style that was as fluent and easy as it was immaculate. But his Bach, others said, could not compare with his Debussy which surely was the essence of poetry. The controversy, as over most artistic matters, might have been endless, for Gieseking is not a specialist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gieseking | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...sensitory nerves is needed before hunger can be felt. When the sugar content of the blood is low the spasms in the stomach are much greater than when the sugar content is high. Therein may be partial explanation for loss of appetite after candy eating. But why, candy-eaters might ask, do cigaret-smokers lack good appetites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Whence Hunger | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

President Little looked forward to Michigan's centennial (1937). He held alumni meetings, launched a building program which might well make Michigan physically the foremost U. S. university. In spite of vast expenditures involved, the alumni seemed enthusiastic. Last week, when President Little resigned, it was a year to the day since he first broached this program. Already alumni have responded. In Manhattan they are raising money for a University Little Theatre; in Detroit for a new dormitory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Jobless Little | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

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