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Word: thought (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have long become accustomed to such inane handling of things pertaining to this country by schoolma'am writers and Hollywood movie producers, but had thought TIME dry behind the ears. Now that you are off to a good start, dish up something worthy of record. As for the yarn in question, there are plenty of other farmers in Alaska who have taken the same rap without bothering to shift their quid to discuss it. And 35 below is practically corn-growing weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 4, 1939 | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...Russia, declare her a belligerent and an aggressor but very little more. But what is important for us is to try to see the issues more clearly all the time, and maintain neutrality in action even though it is becoming more and more impossible to maintain it in thought. Meanwhile states like Finland will be unjustly destroyed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINLANDIA | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

When asked why he thought the Soviets used forceful methods rather than peaceful ones, the youthful professor said: "Russia is obviously in a hurry about something. She did not want to wait any longer than she possibly could, and in bombing Finland she undoubtedly lost the respect and support of a good many of the working class in the United States and elsewhere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leontief Deplores Seizure of Finland; Suggests U.S. Make Vehement Protest | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

...Senator, holder of three Cabinet posts, Davis' confidant. Called "the Mephistopheles of the Rebellion," connected with many a shady deal in speculation and filibustering, Benjamin boasted that no letter of his would be found when he died. Only a few were. Yet he was thought charming by Mrs. Chestnut, "that tart memorialist of Southern statesmen," who declared that "the Confederacy has been done to death by the politicians." After a harrowing flight from Richmond, he became a leader at the London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Queer Cabinet | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...women voted for Hucy Long, and were the strongest faction behind James J. Walker, and thought Mr. Harding was a fine president, and backed Big Bill Thompson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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