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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Your mention of John Claybrook and comments on his accomplishments in TIME, Jan. 17 is appreciated by his white neighbors. There is no man, white or black, in Crittenden County, across the river from Memphis, more highly thought of than John. What he has done any other Negro sharecropper can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 24, 1938 | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

Paper Victory. As Walter White sat peering curiously down at the Senate from his gallery seat, he had already won a paper victory. He claimed, and neutral observers were disposed to accept his estimate, 73 votes for his bill in the turbulent chamber below. But these were promissory notes, useless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Black's White | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

London's tall, unarmed, polite police are adequate to deal with Englishmen, Scotsmen or Welshmen. But last week a heavy guard of Bobbies at Euston Station were swept aside like chaff by a crowd of grinning Irishmen who were more than willing to punch the nose of any officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Mercury with a Fork | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

"Does the baby bother you when you're trying to get the morning's work done? A neighbor down on Oregon Road writes to offer this remedy: Dab a little molasses on baby's hands, set him on the middle of the kitchen floor, and give him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Farmer's Wife | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

The drama puts its audiences through a workout. For him who is willing to do his part, filling in the lives of the chief characters and standing in their shoes, there is infinite pleasure. Color the piquancy of Frances Farmer, the skillful directorial use of the melodramatic cloak, the haunting...

Author: By M. F. F., | Title: AT THE UNIVERSITY | 1/24/1938 | See Source »

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