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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well as elk), their scenery. Also during the War, the Government built a spruce production railroad there to get out special woods for airplane construction. The lumbering now is mostly in private hands (Weyerhaeuser, Long-Bell, Northern Pacific) and the jagged boundaries of the new park (see map) reflect many compromises between private and public forest ownership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON: Mount Olympus Park | 7/11/1938 | See Source »

...confused and divided. Unquestionably, today we need a positive program to replace the platitudes that have long posed for true liberal thought . . . Williams--if it wishes to survive these troubled times in good health--in its educational policies and in the temper of its faculty and student body must reflect the currents of positive and forward-looking liberalism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 6/8/1938 | See Source »

Observation of the ionized layers, which extend from about 30 to 150 miles above earth--well beyond man's reach-- is possible because the electric character of these blankets is such that they reflect radio waves back to earth. It is this reflection which makes it possible to send radio messages beyond the optical horizon, around the curve of the earth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scientific Scrapbook | 6/8/1938 | See Source »

...would seem that concentrators fail to realize that the division between History, Government, and Economics is often arbitrary, and does not reflect the essential unity of the social sciences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

...rate, before the primary season is over, a terrific toll of cerebration will have been taken among political commentators. But if Franklin Roosevelt is a major issue in State primaries, it is impossible to calculate precisely: 1) how much he affects the results, and 2) how much the results reflect national trends. As far as the personal popularity and political prestige of Franklin Roosevelt are concerned, direct evidence is more important. Last week's most relevant evidence was a release made by FORTUNE of preliminary figures of its forthcoming (July) Survey. Since the FORTUNE Survey predicted the 1936 election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: May 30, 1938 | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

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