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Word: personable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...person could be found whose family had been royal but not regnant, he might shrewdly claim that his estates in Czechoslovakia ought not to have been confiscated. He could point triumphantly to a clause in the Treaty which says that, in case of dispute, the French text shall prevail. Such a person is the Archduke Friedrich, onetime Austro-Hungarian Feldmarschall, beloved as "Papa Fried-rich," and now resident in that hotbed of royalists, Budapest. It was "Papa Friedrich's" $125,000,000 estates (long since confiscated by Czechoslovakia) which were being wrangled over at The Hague...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Papa Friedrich Preferred | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

This Ibsen girl, as the glum apothecary of Grimstad made her, is a relentless person, chilled of blood, chiseled of expression. She marries George Tesman because, as she reluctantly admits, her day is done. Tesman, an ultimate conception of the paperbound pedagog, is counting upon a professorship to offset Hedda's extravagances, when he learns that Eilert Lovborg, his onetime friend, has renounced debauchery, published a history of civilization, and may be regarded as a competitor for the professorship. Lovborg, however, reassures George that he is satisfied with his moral victory over vicious diversion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Two Heddas | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

Voters expressed their preference for one person in each group of nominees and were required to sign their ballots. The number who voted was rather small, only 626 ballots being cast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS | 2/14/1929 | See Source »

...Responsibility of States for Damage done in their Territory to the Person or Property of Foreigners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 2/14/1929 | See Source »

Thus the Union is trying to keep non genuine sallors off the high seas but it is doubtful if they will succeed. It is not only the least organized labor group, but its members are all too ready to sell their Able Seaman's ticket to any person who desires a touch of nautical life. And the summer sailor may still satisfy his yearning for a vacation position on shipboard by the use of a little ingenuity and nerve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER SAILORS | 2/13/1929 | See Source »

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