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Word: somes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"We suspect," said Herr Bugammen darkly, "that some of the heroin listed as 'exports' is being peddled in Switzerland. We are going to stop that. We have just arrested 22 suspects in Zurich. Some of them, I regret to say, are young girls."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWITZERLAND: Young Girls' Drug | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

In Rumania one may refer to Prince Nicholas, weak-chinned younger son of Dowager Queen Marie, as a? "bully, scandal monger and speed-fiend," but it will cost one just four months in jail. Some weeks ago Speed-Fiend Nicholas crashed into a taxicab and in pettish rage" kicked the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Speed-Fiend Nicholas | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

"Land for the Poor!" A second major event of the week was announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture that Morelos is the first Mexican state in which the ''agricultural aspirations" of the Grand Revolutionary Party may be considered as virtually realized. Some 68% of the state's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: What's What | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Some cities failed to get their full quota, including:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Faith, Hope & Organization | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Joshers. No community chest has Butte, Mont. But one pre-Prohibition day, some of Butte's businessmen, having a drink together before going home to carve the Christmas goose, were confronted by a starving beggar. Said he: "My wife is ill and I've got children who are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Faith, Hope & Organization | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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