Search Details

Word: went (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...went down one evening last week, Prime Minister Venizelos entered the Chamber of Deputies and began a fiery speech which lasted well into the night. He moved adoption of a bill entrusting to J. & W. Seligman & Co. of Manhattan the financing of a notable series of public works in the Salonika Valley. Pointedly defying Hambros, Venizelos cried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Venizelos v. Hambros | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Such at least is the version of the natives' criticism offered by Correspondent Julian F. Haas. Still concealing his hero's name, Mr. Haas went on to relate how "Big Feet" resolved to clear himself once and for all of the charge of cowardice. He called in leading villagers. To prove his bravery he announced he had just sent the following message to General Sandino: "You horse thief! The reason for my not discharging your wife is not that I fear you, as your countrymen here believe, but the fact that I realize she will soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Lieut. Big Feet | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...forth between Clarence C. Pell and Stanley G. Mortimer ever since 1914. Last week, at the Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo, N. Y., Mr. Mortimer, who had the bat last year, had to admit that Mr. Pell's traditionally terrific service was more terrific than ever. To Mr. Pell went match, bat and title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gold Bat | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

They appealed to His Excellency, Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, apostolic delegate at Washington, and then to the Holy See, where their suit was denied. Then they went to a secular Rhode Island court and then to the State Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Penitent Daignault | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...later, took her to London. There, in her 20's, she neglected Husband Langtry for social acclaim climaxed by the openly effusive attentions of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). Lillie became an actress, enraptured England and the U. S. Her art lacked fire, but people went in droves with their opera glasses. In 1897 Lillie divorced Husband Langtry, long languishing mentally, physically, financially. He died, a year and a half later, in an insane asylum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Previous | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | Next