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Word: oblivion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...market, Mr. Arthur Cutten (Chicago) was notably annoyed and the U. S. Department of Agriculture was somewhat alarmed (TIME, Mar. 23, 30, BUSINESS). Mr. Cutten was annoyed because he, the big holder of wheat and rye, was feeling bullish, and his enormous paper profits were being swept rudely into oblivion . Also , Mr. Cutten felt that the catastrophe had been timed purposely to do him injury, since it happened while he was on an automobile excursion, out of touch with his agents. U. S. Secretary Jardine was alarmed because the simultaneous action of the Messrs. Livermore and Howell suggested possible collusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Proof | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

...regime, that one is led to condemn America's present day manifestations of patriotism. It is rather because America's future is as deeply concerned with world peace as any nations. But never can this be attained until such old grievances as the Lusitania are allowed to sink into oblivion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNIVERSARIES OF HATRED | 5/7/1925 | See Source »

...collection of old college songs of the eighteenth and nineteenth century which have recently been given to the University by Richard Inglis '03. The collection reveals the origin of some of the well-known songs of today together with that of many which have long since passed into oblivion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Collection Given University Shows History of Harvard Song Writing From Ballads Through Mazurkas to Ragtime | 4/9/1925 | See Source »

...this who have died in the service of humanity are too deeply engraved in the medical and scientific history of the world to fade with the passage of time. There is an impersonal heroism in such quiet sacrifice that endures while other more briefly startling varieties sink gently into oblivion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FUTILE SACRIFICES | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

...pitiful love story draws to a close, but no longer does he seek surcease in death and oblivion. Originally we saw him in his lodgings, alone with his tragedy, going through his paces, leering at himself in a circle of mirrors, cackling in hideous laughter, unable longer to endure his torment, he stabs himself...

Author: By G. R. L., | Title: COMEDY CRIMSONPLAYGOER DRAMA | 10/22/1924 | See Source »

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