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Word: return (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...confident that the boy will return in a few days: we have known for some time that he meant to make his own way in the world and have always approved of it. I had discussed the subject with him on one occasion, but his action was a complete surprise to me, as I has expected to sit down and talk over with him where he should go before he left home for good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLICE ENTER SEARCH FOR ROBERT MYERSON | 12/6/1938 | See Source »

After 22 minutes of talk, during which the four reportedly agreed that the "exiled" Duke would return to England in January, he and his lady in March, that he might take on some governor-generalship. Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax withdrew. They returned to the British Embassy where their ladies had been awaiting them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Ladies | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

Each student is observed for three weeks. X-rays of the abdomen are made every few hours to follow the progress of food through the intestines. During the first week the volunteers live on bran-free diets, during the second week eat bran, during the third week again return to bran-free food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bran Booster | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...Methodist). Sold mostly by mail order, advertised mostly by word of mouth, the popularity of The Upper Room among Protestants of all faiths (it is even more widely circulated in the East and West than in the South) indicates to many a hopeful evangelical churchman the possibility of a return of the "family altar." Dr. Emmons estimates that 1,000,000 people practice its devotions daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Upper Room | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...replies Thomas the Cynic. The Fascists' main advantage, he says, lies in the inertia of democratic leaders who tend to live "on the yield of their ancestors' conquests," are prone to be morally defeated before the fight begins. After a big crisis from which there is no return to the status quo, these leaders cannot hold power and Socialists are too timid or too weak to take it. Says the Cynic: Mr. W., there's your chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Folklore of Fascism | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

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