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Word: pointedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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These articles asserted that ratification of the treaty by Panama would be equivalent to the surrender of her sovereign rights, and they pointed out that Panama, as a member of the League of Nations, would be compelled to file the instrument at Geneva and that the League would then "abrogate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Panama Treaty Progress | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

The other five Governors echoed his sentiments. The Californians knew very well that sparsely settled Arizona could not expect to develop all her water rights within 20 years. Populous California, on the other hand, needs water in her rich subdivision, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, and is ready to spend huge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: The Dry Quarter | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

For the benefit of competing eastern trunk lines and to help resolve their standstill, the Sun writer had the Pennsylvania suggest that the Reading, the Central of New Jersey and the Western Maryland, each of which is demanded by two or more of the competitors, be neutralized. But, "it is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: R.R. Re-grouping | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

The Author. It was Booth Tarkington who lately pointed out that real "sophistication" lies in the way you know things, not in the things you know. Katherine Brush qualifies either way you like. Being the daughter of Headmaster Charles S. Ingham of Dummer Academy (South Byfield, Mass.), only 26 and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Aug. 29, 1927 | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

By the time 300 gallons had splashed into the tanks the inquiries became more pointed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Deaths | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

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