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Word: suit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...denounced corn loans the day the Agriculture Department unloosed $70,000,000 in corn loans to Iowa; in Kansas City he crossed a year-old A. F. of L. picket line for no good reason; in Texas he shot his first deer, his first turkey, was photographed in business suit and starched collar gingerly holding the dead bird-a picture that brought a wave of nostalgic memories to Calvin Coolidge connoisseurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Hare & Tortoise | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Dressed in a faultless blue suit with a white carnation in his buttonhole, pearl spats and ascot tie, he strode into court, announced thai! he had come to settle the whole affair by paying out of his own pocket Mrs. Brown's $6,500 claim, her $6,000 lawyer's fee. A gratifying uproar filled the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Altitude Record | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...Furthermore, the completion of all this work places the French High Command in a position to attempt maneuvering operations, going beyond the defensive phase on the day and at the hour it may suit it eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Boast & Threat | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...exiguous bathing suit, from coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Marvels | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...neighboring lot, snapped pictures of a university truck delivering millwork. The house was for a close friend of Governor Richard Webster Leche. Two days later, after poring over deeds and checking facts, the States broke Reporter Frost's front-page story. Next day the Times-Picayune followed suit. Fortnight later, Governor Leche resigned, and his Lieutenant Governor, Huey's brother Earl Long, took his place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Contemptuous Item | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

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