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Word: unexpectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those treaties contain a clause (TIME, Nov. 2) which makes them inoperative until Germany is within the League. Until a few days ago, the maddest of political alarmists did not venture to prophesy that Germany would not be admitted to the League now. Yet the postponement to September has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Hazardous Postponement | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

But before he left court, Foreman Conant arose and made an impromptu, unexpected speech. He said so much in such short space, that his words went far beyond the courtroom, went abroad to lay trial-by-jury as it sometimes operates today, before the bar of the body social. Foreman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Foreman Conant | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

The University is conceded to be strong in the track events but will be hard pushed to capture places in the field contests. In the triangular meet last Saturday the Crimson squad displayed some unexpected strength in the field events, and with each man in top form the University team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOPES FOR TITLE GO WITH RUNNERS | 3/4/1926 | See Source »

The Unexpected. Suddenly it was discovered that the leaders of both miners and operators were assembling in Philadelphia unannounced. First, each group met separately. The press discovered them at it and hailed the settlement of the strike. For once and again the press was right. Next day the miners, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COAL: The Strike Ends | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

The prohibition question became involved again in its continual melee by an unexpected turn of events. The Church Temperance Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, an organization of many years' standing, devoted first to temperance and then to prohibition, last week decided to throw over prohibition and return to temperanceroclaimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Confusion | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

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