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Word: pocketsful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"There is not anybody opposing it [the Muscle Shoals project] of any considerable influence except the power trust and the fertilizer trust. They are fighting it, and fighting it to the death. They attacked my colleague [Mr. Underwood] two years ago and insulted him with their editorial attacks. They have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSCLE SHOALS: Something Doing | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

Mrs. Harper, a minister's wife, was brought. "Poor Mr. George," she said. Yes, he had told her he was Booth, one night when he was at death's door in El Reno, Okla. He had wished lilacs near his coffin. He had mentioned a Texan named Bates. Yes, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Living Dead Man | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

Senator Norris ejaculated: "What! We have been talking away great millions in revenue and now you say the Government can't afford this little tax cut? We were rich just now. You said the Treasury had lots of money, but when we come to taking the tax off a few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: To Conference | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

Henceforth when war debats are burdensome, the French can slave the would in their pockets by the though of Mlle. Lenglen's victory. Les Americains can take the gold but their best players can not conquer the incomparable Suzanne. Like the battle of the Marne, the conflict at Cannes serves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DOUBLE VICTORY | 2/18/1926 | See Source »

"Look at the history of punishment. England used to kill a man for picking pockets. They held their executions on a high hill so all could see and feel the deterrent effect. But there were more pickpockets among the crowds surrounding the scaffold than at any other time.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Capital Punishment | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

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