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Word: moone (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...criticism of the present Act is not that its purpose is bad. It is that this Act will involve a cruel disappointment for those of our people least able to bear the shock of disappointment. . . . I will not promise the moon. I promise only what I know can be performed : Economy, a living pension, and such security as can be provided by a generous people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three Issues | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

...succumb to bolshevism. . . . Of course we could say of Spain: 'Let them slaughter their officers and murder their priests and intellectuals-it is none of our business.' I would have the mentality of a child if I should take that attitude. We do not live on the moon. What happens in Europe does concern us. I believe that we 'wild nationalists' are, after all. the best Europeans. . . . And now gentlemen, you must have good appetites, come to luncheon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Nazis at Numb erg | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

...Dandy of Bishop Hill, John Wallin preferred the Newgate Fringe, a half moon of whiskers about a bald face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bishop Hill Beards | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

Arthur H. Compton proved the pleasantest subject. He posed in his room and talked to the camera man almost an hour on the intensity of cosmic rays, and rocket ships. He held that in time we may be making journeys to the moon and the planets. He said that science was delayed by lack of funds and that we won't have another stratosphere flight for some time as it cost about $160,000 for a balloon. The photographer was referred to Jean Piccard who would only say that it costs "an enermous amount...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celebrities Helpful, Shy, Glowering Under Stare of Camera Eye; Lady Delegate Politely Reneged | 9/17/1936 | See Source »

Another baby in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio- why did she ask: "Papa, what is the moon supposed to advertise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poets & People | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

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