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Word: particularities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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This country and Georgia in particular are to be pitied when Talmadge has enough news value to rate a cover on TIME. I as a Georgian resent his being so dignified. He definitely does not represent the better element of a grand State. His very expression shows why he is through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 21, 1936 | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

...that sum a purchaser had his choice of such particular bargains as two fine nudes by Emil Ganso, a crowded Coney Island beach scene by Reginald Marsh, a languorous Siamese cat by Agnes Tait, a lithograph of wild horses by last year's PWA discovery, Frank Mechau Jr., a group of bulbous people looking at other strange fish in an aquarium window by Mabel Dwight, a fine winter landscape by Ernest Fiene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: $2.75 Prints | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

Whenever a particular class of rulers or a particular from of government has outlived its own usefulness, it is succeeded by another class of rulers or another form of government which at that moment happens to be better fitted for the task...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hendrik Wiltem Van Loon Sees Future Harvard as Great Fortress of Learning | 9/16/1936 | See Source »

That grand picture of Clark Gable on your front cover (TIME, Aug. 31) was a real treat. And the very revealing article on radio programs in general, and the Hollywood hours in particular, was most interesting. The fact that Louella Parsons is in cahoots with Hearst is all many people will .want to know about her. The Parsons' introductions, gushy and mealymouthed, are thorns in an otherwise enjoyable bowl of soup. How different from those of De Mille, Hughes and the informal Mr. Crosby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 14, 1936 | 9/14/1936 | See Source »

Other ideas: Nations are preparing for war. Japan in particular is rumored to have urged its subjects to buy platinum jewelry. England and Russia were reported to be anxious to keep Japan from stocking up on platinum. Japanese buyers were reported offering $3 an oz. premium for platinum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Platinum Boom | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

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