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Word: somes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Neither of these statesmen can with reason be rated above the other. ... It is the merger of their separate qualities, as well as the alliance of their peoples, which produces the force which in the end may purge civilization of Naziism and preserve some semblance of Democracy to the World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 27, 1939 | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

At first glance, few people would think of Walter Lippmann as a great detective. Courteous, well-read, softspoken, with a vocabulary greater than Sherlock Holmes's (and far more normal habits), he could talk international finance with Morgan partners, politics with Presidents, and seem much more like a reassuring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRESIDENCY: The Deductive Method | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Louis Levy called on Paul Hahn, vice president of American Tobacco Co. Louis Levy suggested to Paul Hahn that $250,000 be borrowed from Albert Lasker, then president of Lord & Thomas, advertising agency. Lord & Thomas handled the tobacco company's advertising, amounting at the time to some $19,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Disbarred | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

The reporters wrote of romance, the conflict of generations, elopement. It was Romeo and Juliet, it was Our Town laid in the big city, it was as sentimental as Barrie, it was young love blossoming among the nightclubs. True, Mr. Lowther was getting pretty well along in years to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Our Town | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

But Mrs. Herrick gave her reasons at length. Meanwhile, reporters found the proceedings less sweet and less sentimental, Our Town getting more and more like the Big City. One noted that Miss Herrick winked at a friend as she slumped back against the wall. One learned that George had many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Our Town | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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