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Word: remarkable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...combination of courses 2 and 3 was indicated last week, by Franklin Roosevelt's assertion that he anticipated no coalition against him, and by a remark of Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, who conferred at length with the President after his return to the White House from Hyde Park. Said Mr. Rayburn: "Now Democrats will be more inclined to be Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: All Right | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

...Flore with a chic woman, the forelocked Spaniard who has the Midas touch was joined by three picture dealers, then by three more. He picked up an empty cigaret package, cryptically manipulated it under the table, finally brought out a little figurine of a dancer with the remark: "Well, there's the latest Picasso." Amid a chorus of admiring compliments, artist and girl friend departed. The six picture dealers were just on the point of springing as one man for the latest Picasso when the girl returned, picked it up, apologized for having left it, swept away to where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: London Greys | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Wave-Lengths. Buck Weaver likes to remark. "For years businessmen have used the expression 'The customer is always right,' but it never occurred to any one to try to find out what it was that the customer was right about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOTORS: Thought-Starter | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...special Weaver list of 100,000 motor enthusiasts, of whom as many as 90% will reply. On the average, Weaver manages to get answers to about two-thirds of his 3,000,000 "invitations." Passing on what he learns to his superiors, he is wont to remark: "2,000,000 opinions make a fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOTORS: Thought-Starter | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...Martin was able to say last week: "It [the parts agreement] has more potentialities than any other single thing in American labor history." Chances of recognition of the U. A. W. by Henry Ford himself, last major holdout, Homer Martin would not discuss, but there was hope in his remark: "Nobody can do a better job of standardizing wages, hours and conditions than labor and industry cooperating on a national scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: With Ford's Help | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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