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Word: quieting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know," continued "Buffalo," 'I never give interviews. But this isn't an interview. It is just a few moments' quiet talk about the Girl Scouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCOUTS: Three Things Wanted | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

Present Soviet Commissar for War is quiet, conscientious Klimentiy Voroshilov, "a man," according to famed Correspondent Alexander Nazarov, "whose modesty and lack of excessive talents have been definitely appreciated." Last week untalented Voroshilov went to Bobruisk on the Polish frontier. Snug-buttoned in his ankle-length army overcoat, he reviewed a cavalry division, congratulated Red Army Generals on the successful conclusion of their annual autumn maneuvers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Untalented Warrior | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...visitor to Peterborough today would find the colony well inhabited by artists who are asked to pay only a small resident fee. Artists, painters, sculptors, musicians, and literary men are gathered together in a central house which they leave each day to live in quiet, unfrequented cottages...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MONOLOGUIST TO APPEAR IN ARTISTS' BENEFIT | 10/2/1929 | See Source »

...individual stands out preeminent in moulding world feeling about war. It is Erich Maria Remarque, author of "All Quiet on the Western Front." His novel is not pleasant reading. His theme is the horrors of war, the total futility of the conflict, and its deadening effect open a whole generation which can never forget the nightmares of the war years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A UNIVERSAL AMBASSADOR | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...John and Florence wed in simple ceremony"..."Anne Lindbergh wins affection of all by democratic sympathy"..."Hoovers pass quiet week-end with guests at Virginia camp"..."Prime Minister MacDonald and daughter dressed in height of simplicity"..."Jimmie Walker has forty suits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEACEFUL MEDIOCRITY | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

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