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Word: neighbors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senate was unconvinced. One after another a half-dozen Senators arose to speak brief condemnations of Senator Bingham. Senator Gillett of Massachusetts, pleading for his Connecticut neighbor, revealed that when he was House Speaker he "frequently saw Congressmen drunk on the floor but he never "considered it necessary to censure them publicly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Light on Lobbying | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...want to become King! But I am the servitor of the tribes of my country. Since the People designate me King, I accept! Let us pray." After the fervent prayer cannon boomed a 21 gun salute. First and only country to recognize Conqueror Nadir last week was his northern neighbor, Russia. Hardly had the smoke from Kabul's ancient brass saluting cannon died away than Afghans were telling each other hot news. Servants searching the hastily deserted palace of "Usurper" Habibullah had come upon a locked closet. Inside the closet were six smouldering corpses. Three were recognizable: Abdul Majif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Cannons after Prayer | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...About seating arrangements at state functions: "I don't care. I just want a nice neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ishbel | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...function. Seemingly he has begun to assume that he is chairman of the Com mittee on Admissions and that the Lord's house which he tends is one of the better country clubs. . . . There is no record that Jesus Christ ever said, 'Love thy Nordic neighbor as thyself,' or 'Suffer little Caucasian children to come unto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jim Crow Rector | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Virginia formally welcomed President Hoover as its guest and neighbor. In a field near Madison gathered 5,000 people white and black. Governor Harry Flood Byrd arrived from Richmond in U. S. Army airship C-41. The President descended from his Shenandoah National Park Camp, made a non-political speech, ate barbecue with his fingers. Declared President Hoover: "Next to prayer, fishing is the most personal relationship of man. . . . Everybody concedes that fish will not bite in the presence of the public and the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Aug. 26, 1929 | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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