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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...artistic conceptions of Labor placed before them. Cried President William Green: "I'm wearied of always seeing Labor pictured bearing a burden. Labor is free." Remarked another troubled councilman: "Some of these would be all right if the sculptor could be chained to the job to tell people what it's all about. But what could be done when he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Labor Is Free | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

...French answer to Britain and Germany has been voiced by alert Jean Tillier, assistant director of the French Line in the U. S. and Canada: "We are going to build a super-fast ship. I won't tell her speed, but she will be very much larger and faster than anything afloat today. The plans are now being completed. The date for the laying of her keel has not been set, but we know about all the other ships and we are certain that ours will be both the largest and the fastest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Super-Oceanic | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

...Vladikavkas we wangled tickets on the railroad to Moscow. There were 13 of us in the car including a Russian general. We thought he was a porter and tipped him for getting us tea. My dear, how could we tell? All he had on was a pair of pants and an openwork undershirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Soviets Prefer Brunettes | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

...Mercy, mercy, Sire!" begged Courtier Streshnief (according to Historian Dolgoroukov). "How can I tell? I was not the only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Alfonso the Great? | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

...rented a $5,000-per-year apartment in Manhattan. Said his janitor last week: "There was a constant stream of women and girls running into the building after him. Lots of them were beauties, too. But he was never there. It got to be a real nuisance, I can tell you." Upon further Health Department warning, he closed his Emanuel Institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: A Doctor's Evolution | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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