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Word: stilles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would accept my ad, there is a still more important question-what would be the cost of said ad? Here is the ad I would want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 8, 1938 | 8/8/1938 | See Source »

...took the manner of a family dentist remarking, as he starts extracting a sore tooth from a small boy's jaw, "I am sorry if this hurts, but it can't be helped and you'll feel better when it's out. So please hold still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Constructive Effort | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

When Eula Herbert of Chacahoula, La. was eight years old her mother stopped lengthening her dresses. At 14, Eula was still the same size: height not quite four feet, weight 52 pounds. Then the Associated Catholic Charities sent the shy little dwarf to New Orleans Charity Hospital, where for two years she took large dally doses of the growth-stimulating hormones, thyroid and pituitary extract. Quick as a cornstalk Eula shot up. Last week she reached 59 inches, 92 pounds. Doctors thought they could boost her up another few inches but healthy Eula was content. Said she proudly, if incorrectly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cornstalk | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

...control in a complex deal with RFC. which had its hands on Harley Clarke's key holding company (TIME, July 22, 1935). Harley Clarke was soon shoved out of office and in last week's poker game this toppled tycoon sat quietly on whatever cards he may still hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC UTILITIES: Aces over Kings | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

...after the eighth grade and went to work for International Shoe Co., neatly inking the edges of soles for $3 a week. Last week, at 36, as he settled down to his new job as president of Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., oldest in the Middle West, the shoe business still looked good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Long Shoe String | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

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