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Word: sues (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British source, the story of the King and Mrs. Simpson last week was blunt and simple. Under English law a man who makes a trip in company with another man's wife, the two stopping at the same hotels, has in fact given the husband opportunity to sue the wife for divorce on the ground of adultery. The King has just made an extended yachting trip in company with Mrs. Simpson, and notably in Vienna they stopped at the same hotel (TIME, Sept. 21). But Mr. Simpson, as a loyal British subject, could not institute proceedings for divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Innocents Abroad | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

Covin, the Florist--on the Square. Get Bette, Helen or Sue a chrysanthemum before the game and a corsage before the dance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Circling the Square | 10/23/1936 | See Source »

...Committee will attempt to get for their meeting next week Miss Sue Blangdon who will tell of her experiences while investigating conditions amongst the share-croppers of Kansas, Arkansas, and the South...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Civil Liberties Committee of HSU Holds First Meeting | 10/21/1936 | See Source »

Released after 26 hours, Nominee Browder prepared to sue Terre Haute officials for false arrest and false imprisonment, sped back to Manhattan for a rousing welcome and a nationally-broadcast speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: Red Issue (Cont'd) | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

Thus when Paul Ward invents a new refrigerator only to have his invention stolen, he plans to sue his swindlers until Hannah dissuades him. When he complains that her advice of nonresistance means hoisting the white flag, she cries "White banners!", shows him that moving on to other achievements, turning the other cheek, is more heroic than fighting. Although few readers are likely to accept her counsel unequivocally, it certainly works out well in Paul's case. He writes a life of Spenser that wins him academic acclaim, later invents a better refrigerator that makes his fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Peddler's Progress | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

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