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Word: stampedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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This "possibility" is at present mildly fantastic, but obviously Wendell Willkie is still going places. Into Willkie's office come 500 letters weekly, all urging him to keep up the fight, many predicting that it will wind up with him in the White House. On these Wendell Willkie casts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Indiana Advocate | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

Most of the people of this hemisphere have lost their fear of us and would really like, I believe, to follow our lead-if we would assume the lead. The other night here in Bogotá we saw the newsreels of the Squalus rescue. The audience was simply overcome with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 24, 1939 | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

Two fire engines arrived at the scene in time to discover small wisps of smoke curling out of the basement window of the Lampoon building. Upon entering the cellar, the smoke-eaters quickly stamped out the blaze. The only casualty suffered occurred when one of the firemen stepped on a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arson Hint in Lampoon Blaze Throws Suspicion On Publication Executives; Profit Motive Is Seen | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

Last week, Berle made another stab at ideological control of Senator O'Mahoney's Monopoly Committee. He appeared at its investment bank hearings to tell how to fix up the capital market. Erudite, as usual, he backed up his remarks by allusions to economic bigwigs like England'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Last Word | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Before next dawn the two-decked Clipper landed in the harbor at Horta, in the Azores. Delaved more than six hours while swamped Horta postal employes stamped 23,000 letters, she got to Lisbon 26½ hours after leaving the U. S. From there the Clipper made an easy hop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Now the Atlantic | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

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