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Word: spendings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Like the words of our copatriot Aimee McPherson: "To err is human,"1 I made a slight error and my dear Uncle Sam invited me to spend a short time in Leavenworth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 28, 1927 | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...TIME, Feb. 21] to get uppitty. What's West Virginia but Ohio's coal bin? Just a dirty, disheveled stretch of mine dumps and scraggly mountains, filled with a bunch of ignorants that only know enough to swing picks and drink moonshine. That's one reason you can't spend anything but Sunday on Sunday in West Virginia. Everybody's drunk or sleeping it off down there on Sunday. . . . What President did West Virginia ever produce? The nearest she came was John T. Davis4 and he moved out soon as he grew up. He goes back there to vote, sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 28, 1927 | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...coming college year will find Professor Bliss Perry Hon. '25 in Europe. Taking a sabbatical leave of absence from the University, Professor Perry will spend the winter on the other side, although he has not yet decided exactly when or where he is going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Perry Plans 1927-8 as Sabbatical--Head of Revamped English A Will Vacation in Europe Next Year | 2/26/1927 | See Source »

...been previously announced, he will make an attempt at a new two mile record on the Stadium track on May 7. Prior to this he expects to spend two weeks at the University studying Harvard methods of instruction, for his primary purpose in this country, is not to run but to prepare himself for the position of Inspector of Public Schools in Sweden, a post for which he is trying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARD TRACKS ARE BAD FOR RUNNERS SAYS WIDE | 2/25/1927 | See Source »

...cruisers. A majority of both parties were impressed by figures: Great Britain has 54 cruisers, Japan 25, U. S. 15.* The cruiser item will again be fought in the House, but passage is likely. In any case, however, Congress can only appropriate money; it cannot force the President to spend it. (Bill went to conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week- Feb. 14, 1927 | 2/14/1927 | See Source »

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