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Word: optimists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Perhaps the most pleasant feature of the book is the simple, Honest manner in which the subject is approached and discussed. Congressman Luce is not a blind optimist but neither is he a pessimist. Therefore his opinions are of genuine value."--Cleveland Topics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LATEST HARVARD BOOKS | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

...ridiculous optimist," Mr. Andrews admitted but . . . given the bill ... I expect to see real beer off the market before Christmas. . . . Then you will see home-brewing spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Christmas Present | 7/5/1926 | See Source »

...gives an optimist the blues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deus Ex Machina | 6/10/1926 | See Source »

Engaged. Miss Katrina van Dyke, daughter of famed Professor Henry van Dyke of Princeton, author, uplifter, optimist, onetime U. S. Minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg (1913-17); to one Murray Peabody Brush Jr., son of the onetime Dean of the College at Johns Hopkins University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 31, 1926 | 5/31/1926 | See Source »

...Boston. Brockton, Brighton, and Brookline, chasing--not a burglar--but an idea. When last seen he had queer instrument of a green color under one arm with which he said he hoped to bag the idea. Imagine searching Boston for an idea. I told him he was an optimist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 4/8/1926 | See Source »

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