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Word: worke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ability; of great force and dignity who would not play politics. The details as to just how he was selected to command the A. E. F. are unknown to me but I do know this-Mr. Baker needed no Senator to tell him about Pershing. Mr. Baker did not work that way. Pershing needed no Senator to present his claims for he did not serve his country that way. Further, if anyone is interested in the record behind Pershing's original promotion from captain to brigadier general he should study the history of Mindanao, where Pershing as a captain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 9, 1929 | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

Secretary Stimson did not say "outrage" but he set to work afresh on the whole Barlow case, with the hope of closing it out and forever eradicating a small patch of international prickly heat. The Post Office Department last week made sounds like a 3? postage stamp. From Capitol Hill, echo answered: "Pooh-pooh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Up Bobs Barlow | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...Work over, Gučret decided to eat not with his wife but alone. He entered the restaurant presided over by Madame Londe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pursuit of Happiness | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...pointed black beard which used to punctuate his face on billboards. Before a concert he pulls on a new pair of white kid gloves, afterwards peels them off, autographs them for lady admirers. To aspiring young bandmasters he says: "Do not be obscure. ... It will ruin your work." To embryo musicians he says: "Mastery of the harmonica lays the foundation for a musical career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Music Notes, Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Cause of academic commotion for or against it is probably that most of the book is based on ethic rather than fact. A few not-so-original remedies are suggested for a few situations. A situation: from a young husband, hampered by modern working conditions such as feminine competition, young wife gets support too poor to permit much breeding. Reed remedy: "Upon the completion of an important piece of work for the state, men are paid for their service, and there is no reason why women should not receive comparable recognition [per bab]." Some other subjects treated: the Evolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tribes, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

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