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Word: supportable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...knew where this left Homer Martin. That it left him somewhere in the minority, only Homer Martin questioned. C. I. O.'s Thomas claimed the support of locals representing 315,236 of U. A. W.'s 380,000. Homer Martin, finding it wise to deal in round numbers, said he had about 200,000. Delegates on hand at the weekend demonstrably represented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Confusion Confounded | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...current arms program and the attempt to make a major issue out of foreign affairs is merely an effort to find something that will transcend party issues. Roosevelt realizes that he has lost the emergency support that made his first success possible and that if he is to retain control of the party he must appeal on new issues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LONG DEPLORES SPLIT IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 3/9/1939 | See Source »

Pointing out that the effect of the walk-out will be the complete breakdown of the dining hall systems in the Houses, at the Union and graduate school eating places, Stefani announced that A.F. of L. teamsters had pledged their support and will refuse to deliver food to the College. At the same time the strike will have the active backing of the Cambridge Central Labor Union, an organization of 30,000 workers in the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dining Hall Workers Threaten Walk-Out | 3/8/1939 | See Source »

...explanation was that he got lost because sunspot activity caused radio "long skip." made remote radio stations drown out ranges on his course (TIME, Dec. 12). The hard-headed experts of the Air Safety Board summarily laid the crash down to a mounting series of fantastic bungles, found no support for his explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Trip 6 | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...publishers' readers "made bold to class this unusual first novel with The Bridge of San Luis Rey." A bold blurb, it is something less than accurate. The main aptness of the comparison is that Author Myers' story also collapses, too lightly constructed to support its load of symbolism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Moppets' Crusade | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

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