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Word: recoverable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Significance. The practical issue between the President and Congress last week was out of all proportion to the amount of heat engendered. Under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, with the approval of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury may purchase gold "in any amounts at home or abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Money at Midnight | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

Ever since 1860 the U. S. has been almost entirely dependent on Europe for one very essential chemical: potash.* Last year the U. S. made history by producing 52% of its potash at home. Recently the annual report of the Bureau of Mines revealed that fact. Last week the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINING: Potash Politics | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

Businessmen now generally accept-with reservations-the Securities Act as a wholesome reform. But in 1933 many fought it bitterly, arguing that no one could take the risk of issuing securities because Section 11 of the Act provides that any purchaser of securities can recover damages from the issuers for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dreaded Event | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

For about the first five minutes Coach Skip Stahley's men withstood the terrific Green attack, but suddenly the defense collapsed, not to recover until the third quarter. The Hanoverian squad, paced by Jim Fuller and Captain Merriam, kept up a driving offensive throughout the match, and Harvard's fortunes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIAN STICKMEN TOP CRIMSON TEN 13 TO 7 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

When Jimmy was 17, Hines Sr. sickened never to recover. Jimmy ran the smithy, by 21 was acting for his father as election district captain. Twice he was arrested for street fighting, once for assaulting a girl whom he took to a hotel and afterwards refused to marry-wild oats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Portrait of a Boss | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

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