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Word: overtaxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army prayed. Mayor Cermak rumbled a speech of welcome which soon descended to a partisan harangue. Then Senator Barkley, tall, paunchy, all in white, launched vigorously into his keynote address (see p. 12). Most delegates, mindful of the fight to come, did not overtax their lungs or palms with applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Spontaneous Confusion | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

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