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Word: pointing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doing all it can to halt the practice. By no means certain that it can defeat Donald Smith's confirmation, A.F. of L. has excellent precedent for bringing corrective pressure. Franklin Roosevelt did as much to the U. S. Supreme Court, won his point although his Court plan lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Donald Up | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...narration of their story seems a tediously oblique fashion of presenting material which would make almost any purely personal romance seem drab by comparison. Net result is proof that the cinema, less complete as an art than aeronautics as a science, has not in its parallel career reached the point of being able to present facts as facts instead of sugar-coating them with fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 7, 1938 | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...Launched a new attack upon basing-point price systems. The Federal Trade Commission already has three basing-point cases in the works-against the Cement Institute, the United Fence Manufacturers Association and the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Association. Each of these complaints has charged violation both of the Robinson-Patman Act, forbidding price discrimination between customers, and of FTC rulings, forbidding price conspiracy between companies. Last week, for the first time, acting solely under the Robinson-Patman Act, FTC challenged gigantic Corn Products Refining Co.'s basing-point price setup, gave No. 1 U. S. producer of syrups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Immediate Orders | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...whole the team stands out among other League outfits for its clever heading, polished to a fine point by Carr, and for its fast outside positions which have consistently outmaneuvered the enemy backs and led the Crimson scoring attack. Until the M.I.T. match the centers were weak in leading winning plays, and while it was outstanding in midfield it lacked finish in the end zones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

Kirkland's backfield of Earl Foster, Roy Moore, Jack McClure, and Al Silverberg is the Deacon strong point. No serious injuries will hamper the Deacons, but whether their feet backs can penetrate a strong Winthrop forward wall is the question which may determine the outcome of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop, Kirkland in Playoff Today | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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