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Word: triede (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Another category of litigation dated rom the Federal oil land leasing law of 1920, which washed out old claims. As soon as that went into effect Oilman Pat Daugherty, who learned about leasing in Texas, hopped into his big old Cadillac, turned up the road to Kettleman, staked out nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Kettleman Kitty | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Significant in the agreement signed last week by Messrs. Hart & Clapp and Faiz Mohammed Khan was a proviso that the concession company must be entirely American. U. S. engineers have been well regarded in the East ever since they helped complete Iraq Petroleum's 1,200 mi. pipe line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Afghan Oil | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Tried, convicted and suspended by the Presbyterian Church, he defiantly formed his own Presbyterian Church of America.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 11, 1937 | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

With desperate maternal shrewdness Catherine tried, by one opportunistic scheme after another, to stave off the collapse of her royal house. She tried to balance the religious diet by enforcing toleration of the Huguenots, she tried to raise money by appealing to the States-General. When these expedients failed and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mother in Politics | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

Since Joseph Conrad no writer has equalled his unforgettable stories of the ''glorious and obscure toil" of seamen. Few have tried, and of these William McFee and H. M. Tomlinson, at their best, have been fortunate enough to emerge for brief moments from the vast shadow which Conrad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hero's Trade | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

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