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Word: telling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME, Feb. 6, p. 9, col. 3: "Longshoreman Harry Bridges, whom patrioteers have tried to get deported. . . ." Please, what do you mean by patrioteer? And when you tell me, will you say if you mean that such are all who wish to see Harry Bridges deported? If you tell me this, tell me, too, what has happened to our feeling for the fine word patriot, that in this country, and, so far as I know, only in this country, people are ashamed of it and so often give it the sneering inflexion ? I am touchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...Must Love Someone (by Jack Kirkland & Leyla Georgie; produced by Jack Kirkland) tells of six fly young ladies who, at the turn of the century, made up a Florodora Sextet.* In Act I, along with six swains, they render Tell Me, Pretty Maiden quite fetchingly; then for the rest of the show they gallivant with various admirers whose attentions go considerably beyond candy, books and flowers. One Pretty Maiden goes in for blackmail; another enjoys watching her aged suitor tumble down a flight of steps; a third is kept by a pal of the Mayor's; a fourth gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 20, 1939 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...delinquent" U. S. school system at once. Object: "To bring forth on this continent-in some form of cooperative commonwealth-the civilization of eco-lomic abundance, democratic behavior and integrity of expression which is now po-entially available." To reduce this mouth-filling program to concrete terms and tell exactly how the schools may accomplish it without delay is not easy. It is, in fact, too difficult for Rugg & Co. Their 530-page book reviews hopefully the spread of Progressive Education in the U. S. but concludes that Progressive Education has not gone far enough, that U. S. schools must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: One Wonders | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Farnsworth -Nicholas. Philo Farnsworth will be a vice president and director of research of his company. Chairman of the board is Farnsworth's old backer, Banker McCargar. Backer Everson is treasurer, secretary and a director. To be president, Edward A. (for something he promised his wife not to tell) Nicholas resigned from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: Banker Backed | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Captain Harvey Ross is a definite favorite in the 121-pound class as he takes on a sophomore, Al Marasca. Regardless of the ability of the Columbia wrestler, Ross's experience should tell. At 165 a close battle is expected between Bill Daughaday and Lenox Muldoon. The latter is a senior at Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers to Battle Columbia Today Given Slight Edge Over Invaders | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

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