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Word: agent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Cornell considers that it has reached a point where a greater number of registrations would not be advisable for the good of the students. It has little need of a press agent. It stands alone without artificial support, and grows, not physically, but mentally and spiritually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 2, 1930 | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

...people voting in the last gubernatorial election, in this case 89,497. Four hundred young lawyers and others went forth, petition blanks in hand. Two, having garnered many signatures, had them snatched away by the police, now under Bowles-appointed Thomas C. Wilcox, long No. 1 Department of Justice agent in Detroit, who said of the snatching: "I won't stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Turmoil in Detroit | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

With hollow tubes inside their vests, wily Prohibition Agent H. H. Porter and assistants last week deployed on Atlantic City's boardwalk and drank with oldtime beer-hounds. While the beer-hounds drank, Agent Porter and crew put their liquor into their hollow tubes, to which access was available through the top vest-button. When the tubes disgorged their contents, the agents thought the giant Drink would be slain in Atlantic City. They had seen every sign af drunkenness in 15 different bars visited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Giant Killers | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

...entubed beer analyzed at less than ½% of 1% alcohol. There was no legal case. Explained Agent Porter: "I never would have believed it. ... The saloonkeepers spray the tops of kegs of nearbeer with alcohol. That gives the taste and smell of alcoholic beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Giant Killers | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

Contributions from the Senior Class to the Harvard Fund have passed the 100 mark, according to figures announced yesterday by L. L. Wadsworth Jr. '30 class agent for the Fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FUND CONTRIBUTIONS OF SENIORS INCREASE | 5/27/1930 | See Source »

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