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Word: second (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...story of the Harris Amendment must now leave the halls of the Capitol and be resumed in a building across the park. There an ancient office equipped with a creaking rolltop desk is proclaimed by a weather-worn sign on second story windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Money No Object | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...Speaking for those whom we represent, we respectfully request prompt reconsideration and earnest support of the proposed appropriation. Otherwise the questions inevitably arise. First, Does the Treasury Department sincerely desire efficient enforcement? Second, Is it unable to develop an adequate program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Money No Object | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...scouting fleet and "destruction" of the Canal added point and pith to the arguments of two vociferous groups at Washington. Obvious was the boost given the Navy's cruiser program now before Congress (see p. 10). Less obvious, equally welcome, was the boost given to the proposed second interoceanic canal through Nicaragua by a sea-level route requiring few if any locks. As the war-game neared its final phase, New Jersey's Senator Edge went on the air to urge passage of his bill to appropriate $150,000 for a Nicaraguan survey. Said he: "In the event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Canal Destroyed | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...Behrman (The Second Man) wrote the play. Jed Harris, the ill-shaven producer whose perhaps somewhat mercenary pride recently forbade him to present Ina Claire in The Gaoler's Wench, was inclined to think well of Serena. He ordered Robert Edmond Jones to design some sets and procured Ruth Gordon with her soft, broken voice and her abruptly delicate gestures to play the part of a lady who "possessed every imaginable charm of appearance and behavior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

Iselin, who is seeded first in the State Championships, will find his hardest opponents in three former Harvard players. M. P. Baker '25 seeded second in the Massachusetts tournament, J. L. Pool '28, captain of last year's University squash team, and H. N. Rawl- ins '27, present national champion. O. E. Debevoise '26 is also a difficult opponent. The University team won the National Championship in 1925, 1926 and 1927 but failed to reach the semifinals last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ISELIN SEEKS CROWN OF SQUASH RACQUETS WORLD | 2/2/1929 | See Source »

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