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Word: worke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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This appeared perilously near truth. As Minister of Unemployment. "Privy Seal Jim" can point to few achievements. Last week he parried 15 specific questions in the House as to what if anything he is doing to find work for Britain's 1,295,000 unemployed, with the statement: "I am exploring every avenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...Aachen the Belgians made even shorter work of it. Only General Pouleur, chagrined at the loss of a comfortable post, depressed at the thought of routine duty in Brussels, muttered ominous warnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gott Sei Dank! | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...king, Nadir, "the Afghan George Washington" (TIME, Oct. 21). re-established prohibition in harmony with the holy commandment of the Koran: God declareth unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks. 0 true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and diving arrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid them, that you may prosper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Again, Water | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Every architect knows, and most of them admire, the strong, stark, massive group of reinforced concrete warehouses that form a good part of the Bush Terminal. The work of Architect William Higginson, they are praised, described in many a book on industrial architecture. Fittingly enough, last week Builder Bush was elected head of a committee to assist the City of New York in formulating a new building code. His colleagues number 220, chosen by the Merchants' Association of New York to represent the public in future hearings on the building code. A city within a city is Brooklyn's great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bullish Bush | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...Antwerp, largest diamond cutting centre of all, Belgian diamond magnates gathered to discuss the impossibility of finding work for 15,000 highly paid cutters, decided to suspend all operations from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Diamonds | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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