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Word: specials (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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President W. H. Settle of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, said that 50 or 75 Hoosier farmers would be taken to Kansas City in special Pullmans attached to the Indiana delegation's train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Crusade? | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...King-Emperor observes the anniversaries of his birth chiefly by giving presents of a special sort. Last week on His Majesty's sixty-third birthday, George V bestowed three baronies, more than 70 knighthoods and many another "birthday honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Birthday Honors | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

Several hours before they were robbed at the Broadmoor Club the ladies and gentlemen of Indianapolis had seen the checkered flag go down at the end of the race. They had seen the cars which, because of their speed, looked lopsided and awkward, whirl round the track. A Duesenberg Special with Jimmy Gleason driving led most of the way with Tony Gullota in a Stutz Special giving him a fight. Going into the last fifty miles the pit called in Gullota, and he stopped on his next runaround. "Gas line clogged!" he shouted, jumping out. Gleason signalled that motor trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bandits, Racers | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

Smiling and sitting back in the seat of the boiling car Meyer shook all the hands he could reach. A few days before a friend had lent him money enough to buy his car, an overhauled Miller Special. A year ago he rode a few laps as relief driver for Wilbur Shaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bandits, Racers | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...complete stocks of medium and better grade merchandise, and places importance on style leadership. Seconds and substandard or imperfect merchandise are not bought, sold or advertised. The store is a regular and consistent advertiser, combining style and price appeal with greater emphasis on regular year-round business than upon special sales. The present trend away from sale stores and sensational price appeal and toward businesses with established standards of quality and value greatly favors the growth of the Joseph Home Company business, which has been outstanding and consistent in these policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Publicized Business | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

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