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...stopped to think what Mr. Roosevelt might do if the G. 0. P. came up with a red-hot candidate who would also be a powerhouse as an administrator. All in all, Wendell Willkie got no greater tribute than the one thus implicitly paid him in Washingon last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Cats | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

...Washingon taxicab, Mrs, J. Hamilton Lewis, wife of Illinois' pink-bearded Senator, left her bag containing $1,000 in traveler's checks, some cash and a easeful of jewels. Next day the cabdriver returned it. On her husband's advice, Mrs. Lewis decided to pay the reward in instalments: $200 down, $100 a month for three months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 26, 1932 | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

...bridge, called the George Washingon Memorial Bridge, is a suspension bridge and contains the longest (3,500 ft.) span in the world. The supporting towers on each side of the Hudson reach 635 ft. above water level. Four steel wire cables, each cable an even yard in diameter, connect the towers and brace the roadways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Biggest Bridge | 11/2/1931 | See Source »

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