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Word: turning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contributions in the U. S. was so convincing that the committee lost interest. Yet the Party did not care to have its members know just how much it grosses. In discussing this committee hearing, its Daily Worker in Manhattan printed none of the totals, continued to beg readers to turn in "a dime a day for 100 days" to meet one of the Party's perennial emergencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Dimes & Millions | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...delude ourselves. If we enter the quarrels of Europe during war, we must stay in them in time of peace as well. It is madness to send our soldiers to be killed as we did in the last war if we turn the course of peace over to the greed, the fear and the intrigue of European nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Hero Speaks | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...Adams; and Louis C. LeSage, a previously suspended executive of Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana. All were charged with "selling" to the university $75,000 worth of furnishings which came from a hotel which the State had already bought, and pocketing the proceeds. Oetje John Rogge was able to turn this boodling into a Federal offense by showing that banks in Baton Rouge and New Orleans cleared the checks by mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: One Down | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

During the school year the largest number of jobs is found in restaurants with typing jobs, entertainment positions, chore work, jobs as psychological subjects, chauffeur work, delivery work, and window washing following in order. Odd jobs always turn up, such as teaching chess, modeling for artists, or directing traffic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Employment Office to Provide Part-Time Jobs for Students | 9/22/1939 | See Source »

...like a travelogue of the Nile region in the midst of an adventure story. The very half-hearted attempts to make the film a character study also help in hindering the force of the story. One redeeming feature, however, is the acting. Ralph Richardson and C. Aubrey Smith both turn in splendid performances. But their efforts, though valiant, fail to stifle at the University this weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 9/22/1939 | See Source »

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