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Word: want (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...note Mr. Andrews is scratching behind his ear. I have worn my finger down to a nub about this goddam Fair ? ? ? wages bill. I want to know ? Does it apply to my business. After reading volumes and listening to hundreds of opinions, I am still definitely confused. I manufacture upholstered chairs. I have ceased shipping interState. I get most of my raw materials from out of State, such as lumber, fabrics, springs, tacks, etc. Does the fact that getting my materials through interState Commerce make me subject to this act even if I don't ship interState...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1938 | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...Most of the French demonstrators, and many of the Italians in private, refused to take seriously Premier Mussolini's "unofficial" campaign for French lands. In Paris some 6,000 non-serious Sorbonne students paraded the streets with placards demanding "We want Vesuvius! We want Venice! Ethiopia for the Negus!" (see map). At the quiet Alsatian border town of Strasbourg, students answered Italy's demands with shouts of "We want Sicily! We want Sardinia!" and in Algiers, capital of the French colony which adjoins Tunisia, hundreds of natives joined university students and chanted "Sicily and Sardinia for France-Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Algiers to Alsace | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

Fellowship recipients have open to them all privileges generally tendered the members of the university. They are awarded stipends, in most cases, equivalent to their professional income, These fellowships are supported by the Lucius W. Nieman and Agnes Want Nieman Fund, and provide free tuition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NIEMAN AWARDS TO BE CONTINUED AGAIN NEXT YEAR | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...Give me something I can wear," is the man's usual answer to the woman's question, "what do you want for Christmas?" That's why the University Shop in Harvard Square is featuring this week, gifts of a practical nature that can be used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Shop Features Furnishings Designed for Harvard Men Exclusively | 12/14/1938 | See Source »

Scalp 'em, swamp 'em; We will take 'em big score, Read 'em, weep 'em, Touchdown we want heap more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Powwow | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

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