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Word: reeding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...days later, armed with his appointment credentials from Governor Fisher, rotund, rosy-cheeked Mr. Grundy smilingly entered the Senate chamber with Pennsylvania's Senator Reed to take the oath of office. By mistake he sat in the seat of Senator Norris, who was told that he had been himself "unseated." But for three hours Mr. Grundy had to wait while Senators violently abused him and Governor Fisher. With hands folded in his lap and a bland smile on his round face, he listened placidly to a torrential flow of senatorial invective. He heard himself called a "corrupt lobbyist," his appointment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Strange Garret | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...record of Senator David Aiken Reed of Pennsylvania is as follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Career: Born into a good family of social standing and abundant means, he was educated at expensive private schools. At 15 he started a juvenile newspaper of which his father, James H. Reed, bought every copy as a method of suppression. Sent to Princeton, he once ran away, hoboed his way to Washington, returned to his studies chastened by the experience. Graduated from Princeton in 1900, he studied law at the University of Pittsburgh, was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1903, entered his father's law firm of Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay. The late Senator Knox, friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...Fayettesville, Ark., Bernie Reed Beck, four, was adjudged the nearest perfect baby in town. Baby Bernie does not live with his parents. Reason: Mrs. Beck is serving a life term in Arkansas State Prison for killing Mr. Beck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...Duck-shooting members of the federal government include Secretary of State Stimson, Attorney-General Mitchell, Senators Robinson of Arkansas, Shipstead of Minnesota, Reed of Pennsylvania. No duck hogs they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Game Gossip | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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