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Word: certainly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chandler's aide, Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson, Democratic nominee for the Governorship in the Nov. 7 elections, is a 20-to-1 choice over Republican Nominee King Swope. So Chandler had no unemployment problem, for he could resign at any time before Dec. 12 and still be certain of the job. But, not to seem in undignified haste in rushing to occupy Senator Logan's seat, Chandler waited six days before resigning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Happy Man | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...last week in Cincinnati; the C. I. O. this week to San Francisco (see p. 27). Off to San Francisco went Brother John Lewis to chairman delegates of what claimed to be the U. S. No. 1 labor organization (its membership last year 4,037,877), certain proof that when the U. S. went into the trade union business, it went into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Pursuit of Happiness | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...Waterloo, and the British troops were lined up on parade. The inspecting Seargeant was the terror of every man in the regiment except a certain Sam Small, a Lancashire man. Sam dropped his musket as the Sergeant passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Not Very Furious | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...your seats. . . . According to the casualty list of up to the soth of September 1939, which will not change materially, the total losses for the Army, Navy and Air Force, including officers, are as follows: 10,572 killed; 30,322 wounded; 3,404 missing. Unfortunately, of those missing a certain number who fell into Polish hands will probably be found to have been massacred and killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CASUALTIES: 20% Axiom | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...made him either remorseful or humble-or accurate. "Gentlemen," he said to a cluster of reporters, "you have seen for yourselves what criminal folly it was to try to defend this city in a military way, and how that defense collapsed after only two days. I only wish certain statesmen in other countries who seem to want to turn the whole of Western Europe into such a shambles as Warsaw could have an opportunity of seeing, as you have, the real meaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN THEATRE: This Day Ends a Battle | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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