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Word: prestonia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1933-1933
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...tried it out on some young people. . . . They had exactly the same attitude that the older men had had. But a few of them had Mr. Marconi's attitude. . . ." The book which Mrs. Roosevelt is talking about is Prohibiting Poverty, a 131-pp. volume by a Mrs. Prestonia Mann Martin of Florida. Mrs. Martin, 71, is a onetime Fabian Socialist, wife of a lecturer at individualistic Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.). At Rollins Mrs. Martin had lectured on her National Livelihood Plan. Her preamble is as follows: ALL OF THE NATION'S YOUNG PEOPLE OF BOTH SEXES, BETWEEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Commons & Capitals | 10/23/1933 | See Source »

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