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Word: sakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vice, lawlessness, and drunkenness, nevertheless, because he is the type of politician he happens to be and because his sympathies and the judgments of his heart are with the liquor crowd and the hangers-on of the liquor crowd, the forces of prostitution and gambling have, for the sake of truth, to be included with them, therefore it must be said that as a public man he is the deadliest foe in America today of the forces of moral progress and true political wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Deadliest Foe | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

Amusing is the tale of how Scribe Mussolini, unused to doing such long pieces, wearied of his novel and threatened to kill off Claudia with intent to bring the Romanzo to a close. "For Heaven's sake, don't!" Editor Battisti would cry. "The subscriptions are being renewed splendidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Grande Romanzo | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...German colony now held by Belgium under a League of Nations mandate. Ruandans approve the present Queen of the Belgians because they know her to be 100% German, know that her father was Duke Charles of Bavaria (Germany), know that she married King Albert in Munich, Germany. For her sake generous Ruandans overlook her husband's anti-German sentiments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Majesties to Congo | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

...United States Smith. For the sake of the education of a poor boy, U. S. Smith of the U. S. Marines plans to raise money by throwing a prize fight. But the poor boy says: "No, you mustn't do that." And so U. S. Smith knocks out his opponent, wins glory and a girl. Undistinguished cast, undistinguished action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Aug. 6, 1928 | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

...itself from too-overt alcohol smugglings and rowdy boozings. Following the political tirades of Theodore Roosevelt the younger that a slimy trail of vice and corruption had crawled "to the very steps of the State Capitol," Boss O'Connell and his friends had been "making character" for the sake of Governor Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Gut | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

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