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Word: thereof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wanted to destroy the painting or at least throw it into the ash can but was told the painting was government property and I would be arrested for destruction thereof if I destroyed the painting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 3, 1931 | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

Steal, kill, dishonor father & mother, disregard the Sabbath, have any gods they like and images thereof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Thou Shalt Not Covet Rifles | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

...apparent neglect. To soothe their pride and keep them friendly he despatched personal messages to each and every member of the 72nd Congress with this request: "If you are favorable to the proposal, it would undoubtedly aid in the negotiations now in progress if you could inform me thereof." The White House was deluged with responses, practically all favorable. Notable exception: Hiram Johnson of California, where Hearstpapers are strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Exquisite Sensation | 7/6/1931 | See Source »

...Albany, N. Y. last week traveled a henchman of Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker of New York City, bearing a 20,000-word document and many press copies thereof. One month after Governor Roosevelt had been asked to remove the Mayor from office, and two weeks after his leisurely vacation in California, Mr. Walker was replying formally to charges of misfeasance against his administration. A glib tongue, the vagueness of the charges, and a sudden Republican stupidity combined to help the Mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Scandals of New York (Cont'd) | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

...Ambassador to Spain Alexander Pollock Moore: to obtain a re-accounting of her mother's estate and to withhold distribution of the Ambassador's $600,000 estate. Charge (upheld in Pittsburgh Orphans' Court): that Ambassador Moore had "fraudulently acquired assets of his wife's estate while acting as executor thereof." Mrs. Calvit's claim to one-half the Moore estate, under an alleged pre-nuptial agreement between her mother and stepfather, will be adjudged after the estate has been accounted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 4, 1931 | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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