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Word: nothingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The indictment shows that he is just a common thief," announced Prosecutor Dewey, abridging the principle of English and U. S. law that indictments prove nothing. The twelve counts alleged that Fritz Kuhn: 1) stole $8,907 collected at the Bund's February rally in Manhattan; 2) stole $4...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Common Fox? | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

In the darkness of the unflooded forward compartments the 33 who still lived began to wait. At intervals Lieutenant Naquin fired smoke bombs to ignite on the surface showing where the Squalus had sunk. He released a deck buoy containing a telephone. Four hours later the trapped men heard the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heroes: Dead Dogfish | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Ever since roly-poly Howard Hopson was caught lobbying against the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, nothing so delights official Washington as seeing his vast Associated Gas & Electric Co. caught off-base. SEC is trying to delist A. G. & E. stock from the New York Curb Exchange because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC UTILITIES: Mixer | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Ben Grey may not have lobbied for A. G. & E. but in Washington he is considered a lobbyist. A steely-eyed gentleman of 45, he is one of that populous capital group who appear to know everything about everybody but tell nothing about themselves. He has been variously a newshawk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC UTILITIES: Mixer | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Thomas Mann: "Democracy is nothing but the political aspect of intellect."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Men of Good Will | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

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