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Word: tinkered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Managing Editor Walker will doubtless be given a chance to try his ideas. He was hired by Arthur Brisbane, whom Publisher Hearst put in charge of the ailing Mirror two months ago (TIME, Nov. 26). Already wise old Editor Brisbane had begun to tinker with the paper. He wheedled other publishers into voting for the Mirror's admittance to City News Association, the press service that covers Manhattan and The Bronx for its members. Consistently blackballed from membership, the Mirror had suffered badly in local coverage. Everything was set for the Mirror's election at last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Tabloid Tussle | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

Before attempting to tinker with any piece of machinery, one should make sure that he understands what it is, how it works, and what it is supposed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twenty Per Cent of Tutees Obtain Little Benefit From Tutorial System, States Overseers' Report | 1/11/1935 | See Source »

...must the newspapers always point out the mistakes of this great good fellow. It should be realized that Mr. Farley is a very busy man, and even though he probably does not care a tinker's expletive who was elected District Attorney of Middlesex County, he was kind enough to congratulate Mr. Daly even if he didn't get elected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 12/18/1934 | See Source »

When Carole sights the daughter's husky and handsome fiance (Philip Ober) she loses all interest in her next appearance date. Informed that he likes to tinker with motors and invent things, she breathes, "Ah, just like Einstein." And: "Science is golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 29, 1934 | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

...pensions. That government itself needs some regulating the editors indicated by voting 8-to-1 for trimming Federal payrolls, 4-to-1 for putting New Deal agencies under Civil Service rules. Only one editor in four thought Federal administrators could be trusted with sole power to tinker the dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Polls & Policies | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

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