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Word: refugee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The Supreme Court's economic power over all U. S. citizens is derived in large measure from these "due process" provisions of the Constitution. They give it the final decision in Government's ceaseless struggle to control and regulate Business & Industry. They are the legal refuge of every corporation (a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Experiments in Economics | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

The tax would be paid by the manufacturer or seller (of imported shells) on shells for 410-gauge guns and larger. Each box of shells would bear a stamp. One cent would be added to the retail cost of each shell. Proponents of the McCormack bill estimated that at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pennies for Ducks | 3/28/1932 | See Source »

In the matter of Tutors Leverett perhaps is not as well equipped as some of the other Houses. While there are representatives from a wide number of helds their influence is not widely felt. The Tutors' table seems a too convenient refuge from the students, who receive little attention outside...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HOUSES IN OPERATION: LEVERETT | 3/25/1932 | See Source »

According to Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett, Chief of Naval Aeronautics, the Akron's overweight was largely due to extra strengthening "and doesn't materially affect performance." New propellers will bring her speed up to 72 knots. The Akron is "the best ship ever constructed," insisted the Admiral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Akron's Worth | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

In newspaper lore is the legend of a young cartoonist, flouted by the parents of the girl he wished to marry, who made himself rich by putting them in a comic strip. Earthy, rude nouveaux riches, Jiggs & Maggie became famed in song, story, burlesque. Probably on this account is the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Jiggs & Maggie | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

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