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Word: provinciale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the new President of China, Chiang Kaishek, appointed Mrs. Chiang to sit on the Committee of Yuans, which may be likened to a Cabinet of provincial Governors.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Potent Mrs. Chiang | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

The Epic of Slavic History is at present on exhibition in Prague, Czechoslovakian capital, where a permanent gallery for it will soon be built. It is fitting that on the tenth anniversary of Czechoslovakian independence the country should possess such a Slavic shrine, a goal for pilgrims. Slavs have inspired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Slav Epic | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

Dope. Eastern games were played last week in wet weather which made the ball as hard to hold as a small and angry pig. Columbia held Cornell for downs on the one inch line. Kenneth Provincial beat New York University for Georgetown by scuttling 87 yards for a touchdown. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 12, 1928 | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

The Six family is famed in Holland. In the 16th and 17th centuries Sixes were shrewd magistrates of Amsterdam, portly, solid men with provincial sagacity. Burgomaster Jan Six (1618-1700) was something of a visionary. As he walked by the placid River Amstel he heard the clopping of wooden shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Buying Dutchman | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

Canadian Airlines. The inevitable linking up of air transportation lines has taken place in Canada, where Inter-provincial Airways, Ltd. ($30,000,000 corporation) has bought six disjointed lines.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Mergers: Oct. 22, 1928 | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

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