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Word: pointedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whatever it is, an anti-Smith "whispering campaign" has been suspected, proclaimed, viewed-with-alarm, pointed-with-shame, loudly flayed by the Democrats. Last week the Democratic outcry reached a new pitch and counteraction was planned against the three outstanding Whispers.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Three Whispers | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

Glass. A. E. Marshall, consulting engineer of the Corning Glass Works, pointed out the possibility of glass pavements for city streets, glass roofs for houses, glass furniture, glass plumbing.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: At Manhattan | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

The Russian note, despatched by Comrade Maxim Maximovich Litvinov, Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs, raised pointed objections to the Treaty, but indicated that Soviet Russia would sign anyway, for better or worse.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Boom! | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

Captain Francesco Taraboth of the Augustus thus had an almost unprecedented opportunity to show his metal. He is the new Commodore of the N. G. I.* Line. He is new on the Manhattan route. Until last week he had been engaged in taking poor Italians to South America, bringing rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Top Deck Pool | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

At this crucial point several of the patriarchs in pants positively refused to be shaved. They pointed out that the Koran enjoins all Moslems to go bearded and turbaned, like the True Prophet. Enough to have transgressed the first of these commandments! By the Beard of the Prophet they swore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Patriarchs in Pants | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

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