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Word: sparely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Recent expropriations have forced Secretary of State Cordell Hull to face the question of whether the U. S. could continue to spare the rod without spoiling the neighbor. He decided on a verbal spanking, denied that it must be forcible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Spoiled Neighbor | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

...Workers' Education project educates workers in their spare time. Across the country 60,000 laborers attend classes before and after hours in mining camps, sugar-beet shacks, cotton warehouses, union halls, construction sheds. Last week 18 State supervisors of WPA-WE reported to Deputy WPAdministrator Aubrey Willis Williams and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt on the gnarls in Workers' Education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Wisdom for Workers | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

...Strauss looks more like a conservative country squire than a world-renowned composer and conductor. Ruddy-complexioned, with clear, pale-blue childlike eyes, he carries his full six foot three with an easy natural dignity. Bent slightly with the weight of his 74 years, his tall figure is still spare and vigorous. There is no trace of pose or affectation about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bad Boy | 7/25/1938 | See Source »

...night, vied for scoops. CBS estimated total costs for its coverage of the flight between $15,000 and $20,000. NBC made an estimate of $12,000, not including talent costs for sustaining programs between Hughesflashes. MBS did the job for $1,500, playing records during the spare time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: CQ-KHBRC | 7/25/1938 | See Source »

...Cadillac, LaSalle, Oldsmobile), husky, bushy-browed Broadcaster Anthony took the station ownership road to radio importance. In 1922 he founded 50-watt KFI, built it to 50,000 watts. He brought fame to his newer station, KECA, bought in 1929, with his program of symphonic recordings. A spare-time musician himself, he collaborated with Hula-Expert Johnny Noble on a popular tune, Coral Isle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Honeymoon Ended | 7/25/1938 | See Source »

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