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Word: unveil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Detestable and impious to all right-thinking Moslems were the wines, spirits and liqueurs introduced by "progressive" ex-King Amanullah, who was ousted when he went to the further extreme of commanding his women subjects to unveil their faces, his men to put their legs in trousers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Again, Water | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

President Hoover, in a telegram which he sent last week regretting that he could not be present to unveil a bust of President James Madison, called the Hall of Fame and its periodic unveiling ceremonies, "a noble inspiration to the young." Eight-year-old Betty Glenn Walker, a descendant of Madison's brother, substituted for President Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noble Inspiration | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...fearing Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, who once denounced the late Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst as an "unnatural woman," repented last week. When asked if he would unveil a bronze likeness of Suffraget Pankhurst, subscriptions for which are now being solicited, he said, "I will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Suffraget in Bronze | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...During the week Her Majesty the Queen and Empress Mary unveiled a war memorial, spoke over the radio for the first time in her life. Complete speech: "To the glory of God and in honor of these brave men I unveil this memorial on behalf of .those for whom they died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Crown | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Before April 15, when they are scheduled to unveil a bronze Andrew Jackson in Statuary Hall at the U. S. Capitol, Andrew Jackson IV wants to find Albert Marble Jackson, his brother. The latter vanished in 1925 after assisting Andrew Jackson IV in unveiling a Jackson statue in the Hall of Fame, Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost Jackson | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

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