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Word: thinke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lieve in the Administration, do not send these men back.' ... I know the President. . . . Adulation has not made him arrogant, defeat has not made him timid. What we have to decide is whether ... we want to abdicate the stronghold of Democracy or to fight for it. And I think we, too, have 'only just begun to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Janizariat | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

...Czech Chairman George Boochever of the American-Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce, who stepped off the Dutch liner Nieuw Amster dam in Manhattan. "In my talks with Sudeten Germans," said Mr. Boochever, "I gained the impression that they had no real wish to be annexed to Germany. . . . I think Henlein is but the mouthpiece for Hitler's views and if it were not for the propaganda and subsidies from Germany received by Henlein and his group there would be no agitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Plan No. 3 | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

Walker identified it as a pangolin, a rare, highly-specialized, prehensile-tailed mam mal which eats ants and termites. Because the natives of southern Asia think that it catches ants beneath its scales while pre tending to be asleep, they look upon it as a highly untrustworthy animal. According to one legend, whenever the pangolin answers a call made by a man in the forest, the man quickly meets with disaster. So far as Mr. Walker knew, Pandora is the only pangolin in captivity, certainly the only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pandora | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

...Metropolitan Museum and Chicago's Art Institute. They are designed to be, and promise to be, permanent; for they belong not to the Government but to the communities they serve. As they flourish and multiply, millions of U. S. adults and children are being taught to think differently about artists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: In the Business District | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

...Britain, The Netherlands. Likewise uncertain is the method of making the program jibe with Secretary of State Hull's reciprocal trade agreements. Asked at his press conference about Henry Wallace's statement that differences between the two departments had been ironed out, Cordell Hull replied curtly: "I think comment from one Cabinet member is sufficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Compelling Circumstances | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

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