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Word: quakers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Princess Setsuko was a bright student at a Quaker school in Washington. Often she sped in her automobile on Washington's broad avenues. She played tennis or swam at exclusive country clubs. Often she dances. She likes jazz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: San San | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

Resentment and alarm at undercover anti-Catholic tactics-William B. Tubby of Greenwich, Conn., Quaker and longtime Republican. Similarly, President H. R. Fitzgerald of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Dry Democrat, longtime friend of Nominee Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Reasons | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...have also given deep consideration to the other items mentioned: (a) Am I a British subject? Did I ever apply for such citizenship? No. Many generations of persecuted Quaker ancestors would rise in their graves at such a discovery. ... (b) Did I ever rent a "residence" abroad? I plead guilty of this crime and in mitigation I do appeal to the feelings of fathers who object to hotel life for babies and children. ... (d) I plead guilty to the criminal charge of pursuing my engineering profession in foreign parts again and again. I have a fervent hope, however, that this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Natural Man | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

...this not the same calibre of man that inspired his Quaker fathers to build their monuments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 27, 1928 | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

...TIME of July 16, a correspondent from Ohio says: "I wonder if Hoover has always held to the teachings of his Quaker fathers during all these years with the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 27, 1928 | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

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