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Word: throughness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In political measure Garner is a good-natured loblolling cowhand who, through the political hocus-pocus that nowadays passes for government, has been drawing his breath, cigar and salary for seven years, and saying nothing, because he knows nothing, while twelve million people have had the opportunity, on relief, to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

Next morning Frank Murphy was up at 8 a. m., breakfasted in his room (No. 12) on one ascetic glass of orange juice, then went out on the veranda to work diligently over mail and official-looking reports. Occasionally he would go inside, make long telephone calls. He had a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Lay Bishop | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

Assembled at and around Plattsburg, N. Y. last week for quadrennial maneuvers of the U. S. First Army were52,000 Regulars, National Guardsmen, Reservists. On and near the Civil War battlefields at Manassas, Va. were 23,000 more, sweating through the maneuvers of the Third Corps Area. All were under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Short Drum | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

But last week's offensive had the sweep of a great military campaign. Resistance to it had a kind of heroism in its stolid refusal to give way to alarm. As the week wore on the grand strategy of the Axis high command became clear. Main objective was Danzig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Offensive | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

The main battle against Poland settled to a deadlock; the flank attack through the Balkans did not progress.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Offensive | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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