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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Even within the last six months, with the introduction of talking pictures we have had a striking example of how a new invention may change the course of the entire industry. Whether or not can as yet tell, and in the meantime, the public wants the 'talkie' no one producers face the problem of whether or not to invest in the equipment necessary for producing such pictures, and owners of theatres must decide about investing in the expensive machines needed to present them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lewis Reveals Results of Recent Research in the Movie Industry--Expects Pictures in Three Dimensions Soon | 3/6/1929 | See Source »

...your issue of Feb. 11, in your article on the dedication of the Singing Tower, you say that President Coolidge called the bells by the Americanized version of "karilon." As one who attended the dedication and heard all the speeches, I hasten to tell you that your informant was incorrect. President Coolidge was the only one present who said carillon in the French manner. All those connected with the building of the Tower call it "Karilon," with the accent on the first syllable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 4, 1929 | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...know I am laying down the law," said H. R. H. crisply, "but I feel it my duty to tell the manufacturers if I have found anything wrong with the marketing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Wise Wales | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Bosses to Work! Lest he seem a destructive critic, Edward of Wales proceeded to tell the flabbergasted Tycoons, last week, exactly how to sell more goods. Broaching this advice modestly enough, he confessed with a smile: "I've never tried to sell anybody anything in my life, except a few horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Wise Wales | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Presently the Beatissimus Pater signified his pleasure that United Press alone had cabled throughout the U. S. and South America every one of the 5,000 words in his Encyclical of May, 1928. He blessed Correspondent Morgan and benignly added: "Tell all your collaborators that they have our blessing, and carry to them my invocations to God for their welfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: First Interview | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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