Word: wondere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...past summer gave Senator Reed his golden opportunity to bay after primary slush funds in Pennsylvania and Illinois (TIME, June 21 et seq.). Republicans accuse Mr. Reed of sheer Administration baiting. People wonder what pressure could have been brought to bear to terminate, suddenly, his probing of Samuel Insull and other Illinois "angels...
Acquaintances of Governor Hamlin, cognizant of his onetime Cabinet contacts (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 1893-7, 1913-14), his judicious oratory,* his expertness on tariff and kindred questions, wonder. Does Mr. Hamlin, busy banker, able Democrat, social lion, rely upon the slightly garbled efforts of the daily newspapers for his philosophy...
...instance, in TIME, Aug. 9, p. 6, Carmi Thompson journeyed, and on p. 14 Ethiopia is "ringed about." Such a map would have helped me with both these articles. I wonder if others of your readers do not feel the same about it? W. A. WOOD...
...Small wonder, therefore, that the Southern Tier was astonished when it heard, last week, that Frank E. Gannett's latest newspaper enterprise was far outside of New York State; was, in fact, way down across the Mason Dixon Line. Many people did not realize what Mr. Gannett was up to, by heading a syndicate to buy the Twin City Sentinel, biggest daily in Winston-Salem, N. C. But those who did realize, said: "Well, that just shows you Frank Gannett's vision. He may operate in the Finger Lakes but not by rule of thumb...
...name has appeared to such splendid advantage of recent weeks. Everyone knows that Arthur Brisbane tells more things to more people than any other man in the U. S., but President Coolidge lived long in iNew England, where the Hearst-Brisbane influence has only lately penetrated. He may wonder how this one man came to his position and out of what yesterday came ubiquitous "Today...