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Word: tells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...latter's voting to seat Senator-suspect Smith of Illinois. In the midst of a tirade, he was cut short by a heckler, Editor E. Dana Johnson of Senator Cutting's Santa Fé New Mexican (daily). Cried Editor Johnson: "Why didn't you tell him to his face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Candidates Row | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...glad to tell it to his face," snarled Candidate Reed, and flayed afresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Candidates Row | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

Joseph M. Gwinn of San Francisco found time to tell Boston Rotarians: "The universal effort in education is to change that which is lower into that which is higher and that which is less useful into that which is more useful. . . . Rotary has helped to break down the barriers that separate business and professional men and those between countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: N. E. A. | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...issue nationally, agree to disagree about it locally. Make this freedom to disagree, and this willingness to revive a healthy local sovereignty, the basis of your actions and the pillar of your strength. You have Jefferson's word that it is sound governmental policy, and your own experience to tell you it is sound common sense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Presidential Possibilities | 3/10/1928 | See Source »

...ever kill one? I can't say that I did. I stuck a needle through the back of one's neck and as far as I could tell it was dead. I stuffed it and was using it for a pen rack until it began crawling around over the desk, and I finally had to glue it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Horned Toad | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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