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Word: opener (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Soon from behind the closed office door came angry voices, Harry Barck's shout: "That's all there is to it. Next!" But the door did not open. When an assistant and Patrolman Carmody opened it, they found Harry Barck clutching his chest, his last client standing white-faced near the wall. Ironical was the fact that during the interview a postman had delivered an $8 relief check at Joseph Scutellaro's house, more ironical, the weapon with which Joseph Scutellaro, by his own confession, had dealt a mortal wound: the long spike on which Poormaster Barck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Last Client | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...House-to-house fighting is the enemy's style, not ours," General Franco told correspondents. "That is just what they want, but we are not going to oblige them because we can always prove our superiority in the open battlefield, and we do not have to take Teruel their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Important Decision | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...look like a sick man?" asked Mr. Eden, in answer to rumors that his resignation had been caused by ill health. "I resigned because no other course was open to me! His Majesty's Government believe that their new policy, while risky, must ultimately succeed and must contribute to the peace of Europe. Unhappily I cannot believe this-indeed I believe exactly the opposite-so how could I recommend such a course to the House of Commons? If I had done so. I should have been a hypocrite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Four Major Powers | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...competition, named in honor of William L. Putnam '82 and sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America, is open to teams of three, or to individual contestants from colleges and universities in United States and Canada...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATH COMPETITION TO BE GIVEN ON APRIL 16 | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

...Open to all men in the University, the new group stresses its completely non-political nature. Sociological matters, not social problems, are the interest of the club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOCIOLOGISTS FORM CONCENTRATORS' CLUB | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

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