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Word: prevailingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never played track," was Mike's comeback and no amount of flattery by the wily Jaako could prevail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So the Story Goes . . . | 4/21/1934 | See Source »

...insists that the Marxists will be hamstrung in their practical politics until they have abandoned their crusade against the churches, just as the churches will lose intellectual caste unless they reach a compromise with political revolution. He has not deluded himself in the hope that sweet reasonableness will actually prevail, nor has he succeeded in drawing up a program for the agreement which he sees as necessary. But he has accomplished another and scarcely less valuable task, by throwing the problem into sharp relief, and by forming the basis for an intelligent understanding of the relation between the dominant religious...

Author: By R. G. O., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 3/15/1934 | See Source »

...most important issue is to prevail upon him [man] to discard his dismal attire of bygone days and dress him for the New Deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Champagne Coats | 2/12/1934 | See Source »

Last week the steelmasters, as a voluntary peace move, agreed to run their mines in concert with the coal code, giving their men the same wages and hours as prevail in commercial mines. This agreement was promptly approved by President Roosevelt in the hope of placating the strikers. But they stayed out, insisting that the steelmen must give them full recognition. When virtual recognition seemed attained last week, U. M. W. leaders ordered the 75,000 strikers back to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Striking Partner | 10/9/1933 | See Source »

...good driver can make the trip in six or seven hours. For the whole distance nothing but good roads prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Domestics Under the Eagle | 8/21/1933 | See Source »

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