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Word: phrased (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hurricane. "Of Petrova, by Petrova, and for Petrova" might be summoned as a phrase to explain this curiously tragical mixture. The handsome Olga wrote it last year and played it for the first time last week. It is obviously an "actory" part, conceived by one more cunning in stage interpretation than in stage creation. Yet through it runs an uneven strain of fierce vitality. For the moments when this strain is uppermost the play is valuable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 7, 1924 | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

...This phrase naturally captured the imagination of the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rough on Russians | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...phrase "tax reduction" is not a controversial issue. It is safe to say that every single Senator and Representative would answer loudly, "Yes," if asked whether he favored it. The public response has been so unanimous that it would be worth the political life of any Congressman to oppose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: No Agreement | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...Conference also agreed to a preferential tariff for British goods on the following articles: canned salmon, apples, dried fruits, honey, fruit juices, preserved fruits, and possibly on sugar and tobacco. In addition to this agreement was understood to have been made on "manufactured goods," but this enigmatical phrase of Premier Baldwin was not elucidated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Imperial Conference | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

...were not for the subject Mr. Sinclair's communication discusses, I should regard that sprightly letter as an attempt at humor. The phrase, "have I not studied the Roman church for centuries past," I consider masterly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fit For The Klan | 11/17/1923 | See Source »

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