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Word: overly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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I hope and pray that America will not come into the war: that it will not be necessary for her actively and under arms, to help the cause of democracy. You will, by remaining a great and friendly neutral do more to preserve the spirit of democracy, and do more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

> "Exhausted" was an over-violent word. Still well-oiled is Pennsylvania, though its oil now lies so deep that primary drilling has given way to "water drive"-pumping water to force oil through the wells. Pennsylvania's reserves on January 1, 1939 were 200,000,000 barrels, as compared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Problem. Hardheaded diplomats deplored the rocketing headlines over the case of City of Flint. U. S. diplomatic history is crammed with such cases; the U. S. has an impressive record of skill in litigation over them. The likelihood that the future will see more important issues made it desirable that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: The Law | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

At 10 p.m. on the third day of City of Flint's stay, Ambassador Steinhardt, armed with new instructions from Washington, talked over the case with Foreign Commissariat officials. Hour and a half later the Soviet radio announced that Russia was releasing the ship on condition that she leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: The Law | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

> Demanded that the vessel and cargo be turned over to the U. S. > Asked who had verified the alleged damage to the City of Flint's machinery that Vice Commissar Potemkin asserted to be the reason for the ship's remaining at Murmansk.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: The Law | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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