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Word: obtaine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...person who knows that he is going to locate permanently in a strange and large city would do well to obtain letters of introduction from a physician of the community from which he is about to move. . . . Choose, then, a man who is known as a general practitioner or an internal medical man, rather than a surgeon or a specialist for your personal medical adviser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Choosing a Doctor | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

Although the organization hoped to obtain the cooperation of the American Legion, Commander vanZandt departed for Europe last week without even leaving a congratulatory telegram for tonight's meeting, it was learned yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Future Veterans Open Drive for Bonus at Meeting Monday Night | 4/18/1936 | See Source »

Those in the Field of English commonly complain that the Department is so overcrowded that concentrators cannot get sufficient attention from tutors and heads of courses. As a result of this, men have found it difficult to obtain a clear structural idea of the material in the field without taking nine or more courses, an outrageous number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH | 4/15/1936 | See Source »

...held her while a rival white girl battered her nose, blacked both her eyes. Said Judge Sylvain Lazarus from the bench: "This is a deplorable situation. ... It is a dreadful thing when these Filipinos, scarcely more than savages, come to San Francisco, work for practically nothing, and obtain the society of these girls. Because they work for nothing, decent white boys cannot get jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Lovers' Departure | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

...courage in that matter, he died a Catholic. Having made that point-blank statement, perhaps I had better add that I will not enter into any controversy on the matter. But I have direct, authentic reliable inside information on the matter which I could not as a journalist obtain permission to publish. But you may put it down as a fact-Edward VII died a Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Inside Information | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

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