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Word: worthyes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Thus we put before these Minnesota men three different causes, all equally worthy of their contribution, and waited to see what would be the result of our various appeals without much doubt, however, as to the final outcome. Needless to say, while the cause of the homeless Michigan students was...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Solution to Social Problems Predicted by Sorokin; Famous Sociologist Comments on Novel Experiments | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

To the White House last week went men great in the law. They took to President Hoover their knowledge, experience and advice for his law enforcement investigation. A trained engineer about to sink a new shaft in quest of buried facts, the President plotted his operation cautiously. Six or nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Men of Law | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

¶"Personal Liberty Committee" was formed in Manhattan last week by young lawyers opposing prohibition who promised to defend without charge "worthy cases who may be subject to the heavy penalties provided under that [Five & Ten] law." Seven onetime assistant U. S. District Attorneys signed up. Dry leaders in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: The Five & Ten | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

Worthy of note is Kreuger & Toll's financial statement. Net earnings in 1927 were $12,400,000; in 1928 they leaped to $21,000,000.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: New Deals | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

Plump and ever smiling Gaston "Gastounet" Doumergue, bachelor President of France, had brutal murderesses on his hands last week and didn't know what to do with them. If any woman deserved the bloody office of the guillotine, here seemed four worthy candidates:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Four Furies | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

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