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Word: pleasantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President asked Directors Morgan and Lilienthal about the charges, found them eager to deny them, occasionally in chorus. As to "boyish open candor" being a "mask for hard-boiled selfish integrity," as the chairman maintained, Director Lilienthal retorted: "I certainly wouldn't argue whether I have a pleasant personality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Great Boyg | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...where Harry Bridges and the C. I. O. are facing the ruthlessness of Dave Beck's A. F. of L. juggernaut, labor has again reaped the rewards of its disunity. Two years ago. Boss Beck and his teamsters elected volatile John F. Dore Mayor of Seattle over a pleasant Scandinavian councilman named Arthur Bernard Langlie. Seattle has since suffered from Dave Beck's vigorous assaults on the rising C. I. O. So by the time this year's municipal primaries rolled around, a rightist revolt was in the air. Mayor Dore sought re-election backed again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON: Seattle Revolt | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...Paint which emits a pleasant smell while drying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Path of Progress: Mar. 21, 1938 | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...Eastern's general manager, Eddie Rickenbacker has made it almost a one-man line. He well knew that this pleasant state would be unlikely to continue after a merger with TWA. He also knew that TWA is in anything but healthy financial shape. So he asked General Motors to stall for a few weeks while he hunted for other buyers. These he found in the Wall Street investment houses of Smith, Barney & Co. and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. When they agreed to put up $3,500,000 in cash, keep the line independent and give General Manager Rickenbacker complete operating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Eastern to Rickenbacker | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...which he will write what he wishes to eat. Thus is eliminated the need for shouting or repeating an order, thus is promoted quiet and quickness. The meal pad is but a minor suggestion for improvement, yet it is the erasing of petty annoyances which makes University life more pleasant and more worthwhile. Farley Demotes 1-Cent Stamps Washington to -New York "Herald Tribune" March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIME-SAVER | 3/9/1938 | See Source »

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