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Word: specializing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Should declared instead of undeclared war come to Europe, Washington opinion last week rated 50-50 the chance of President Roosevelt's calling a special session of Congress to repeal or amend the Neutrality Act, which expires anyway next May 1. If he should call Congress, he would probably be embarrassed by revival of the movement for a Constitutional Amendment to require that the nation be polled before entering a foreign war. To oppose such a movement would argue-as loud Representative Hamilton Fish Jr. was already shouting last week-that the Roosevelt Administration is war-minded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: If & When | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

Rodgers & Hart enjoy today that special blessing which befalls successful songwriters, of having money rain in from all sides-from royalties on shows, from the sale of shows to Hollywood and foreign countries, from sheet music, from gramophone records, from radio recitals, from having their music played by bands. On shows they get 6% of the gross, which means about $750 a week apiece if a show is a hit. Their biggest money-maker was The Girl Friend which played all over the world. In Hollywood they got $50,000 to $60,000 a movie. And from the American Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Boys From Columbia | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...over last year, and finally, the Graduate School of Public Administration will take care of 15 Fellows, compared to seven last year. Also, an undetermined number of students from other graduate schools will study at the Littauer Center. The total enrollment figure is considerably boosted when the many special students, Fellows, travelling Fellows, unclassified students, and the University Extension students are taken into account...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate Schools Expect Slight Increase in Enrollment Over Last Year's Figures; Law, Business, Medical Lead | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

Cambridge's own special police officer, Thomas H. Leary, who went on a vacation and returned to find himself unwillingly put up for the Democratic state convention, waged quite a campaign to defeat himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEARY, UNWILLING POLITICIAN, LOSES CAMPAIGN FOR DEFEAT | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

...combination of special low rates for this type of service with speedy delivery both at the college and at the student's home has made this service a very popular one with college men and women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAILWAY EXPRESS OFFERS LAUNDRY SERVICE | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

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