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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"As the course of time runs on, it has become evident that the people of the United States have tremendous confidence in ... John N. Garner. We have, therefore, organized a general committee looking to the drafting of JOHN NANCE GARNER for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ... Are you willing to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Jack Garner's Friends | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Of nothing are the British fonder than a carefully cultivated anachronism. In Winnipeg the Canadians were proud to produce a quaint ceremony of their own. Before the loopholed gate of old Fort Garry, Governor Patrick Ashley Cooper of the Hudson's Bay Co. paid to the King the rent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Isn't It Wonderful? | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Daladier solved his problem in opportunistic fashion by swinging still further Right. Because of the international crisis, Parliament twice granted him temporary power to rule by decree. He appeased the Right by doing away with the 40-hour week-by stages both before and after Munich. There were many small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: June and September | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

On cutting taxes: "There is a hullabaloo for the repeal of the undistributed earnings tax. You would think that this was the principal deterrent to business today. Yet it is a simple fact that out of $1,100,-000,000 paid to the Federal Government by corporations, less than $20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Critics Damned | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

Overshadowed by the brilliant performances of George Downing, Jim Lightbody, and Don Donahue, Haydock has nevertheless been a real leader, lastilling into his team the spirit of hard work that has made it one of the most willing squads Jaakko has ever handted. Track is a hard, grueling, year-round...

Author: By Spencer Kiew, | Title: Crimson Cinders Blessed With One Of The Best Harvard Track Contingents | 5/26/1939 | See Source »

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