Word: personalize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would be the last person to uphold the majority of the activities of Adolf Hitler. But I do not feel that TIME'S unwavering and at times monotonous criticism of his policies and person enables me to understand his present position, power and popularity in Germany. I presume terrorism will now be the explanation...
...honorable thing under the Premier's own roof. She testified that he turned on water in the bathtub to cover the noise, tiptoed into her room and led her back to his, tiptoeing in step with him "so that the footsteps would sound like one person." He also gave her, she said, large black pills...
Arriving at Harbin, the jumping off place for Manchukuo pioneer homesteaders, Mr. Nakaoka tut-tutted the idea that among the Japanese homesteaders he will enjoy any special prestige or influence because he was the very first person ever to assassinate a Japanese Premier, polishing off Premier Hara in 1921 for the now fashionable reason that he was "spineless...
...behaves less strangely than the Cardinals' Dizzy Dean, who amuses himself on hot days by lighting a little fire in front of the bench and pretending to be an Indian, who is so popular that when he pitches the club's advertisements say: "Dizzy Dean - in person." While pitching, Gomez chews gum. He throws with an easy overhand motion, balancing the backswing of his left hand with the upswing of a size-13 cleated shoe. The dignity and competence of his demeanor contrast strangely with the stories of his eccentricities. These are partly true, partly the framework...
Biggest exhibitor at the Chicago Mart is also the titular head of U. S. furniture companies. Kroehler Manufacturing Co. of Naperville, Ill. claims the distinction of being the world's largest maker of upholstered furniture. Grey-haired, pock-marked Peter who always attends every show in person, was a $27-a-month bookkeeper when he started to work with a lounge company in Naperville. He bought the lounge company, built up a furniture corporation which in 1929 did $20,000,000 worth of business. His customers today include such heavy buyers as Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward...