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Word: sectional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Your Index is of particular interest to me since I have for a number of years made a study of bank figures in attempting to analyze the business trend. I should like to congratulate you on this valuable addition to your Business & Finance section of TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1939 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Premier Negrin soon found a way out. In the half-Spanish, half-French border village of Le Perthus he established his Government in a house, No. 22 on the main street of the village, the back door of which was in Spanish territory, the front in French. The Spanish section of the town was temporarily made the fifth capital of Loyalist Spain. But not for long. When the triumphant Rebels pressed forward to the frontier (see p. 16), Premier

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sixth Capital | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...large explosion and fire in an electric plant in London threw a section of the city into darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: S-Plot | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...Teachers' Oath is in theory a harmless law which requires teachers to swear allegiance to the Federal and State Constitutions. Since Section 2a of this law stipulates that "nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere in any way with the basic principles of the Constitution which assures every citizen freedom of thought and speech," the oath does not appear to deviate too far from the precepts of democracy. But, unfortunately, this law has quite a different de facto meaning when it is enforced in a community where there is strong local feeling against alien social systems like Communism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

That made Institutions the leader of the Industry and Finance section. And that made President Compton of M. I. T., chairman of Institutions, the recipient of the Campaign's first prize, a thirty inch high Orphan Annie doll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Gifts Total $53,000 in Community Fund Campaign | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

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