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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Willing to give five marks ($2) worth of cloth for a fat goose.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Complete Standstill | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Progress. "The Chinese," White concluded, "have advanced during the war from a fourth rate Army to a second rate Army. This is progress. Before the war the Chinese Armies were notorious for the fact that they could run faster and retreat in worse disorder than any known national group of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Eagles in Shansi | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Fesler spent several weeks last spring drilling some of the newcomers on fundamentals, and this work should pay dividends in the future. Now he has a band of willing boys who have much natural ability, and the chances of moulding them into a first-class operating unit are infinitely better...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

Today Canadian aviation's chief problem is to tool its factories, to train workers to get into swift, economical production. In addition to the six companies owning Associated Aircraft, Canada has six lesser independents. But no Canadian plant employs more than 1,500 men (biggest U. S. employer: Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: War in Canada | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

In the preamble of the resolution, the Council suggested that a precedent for the gift of land lies in Harvard's recent donation and maintenance of an X-ray machine at the Municipal Hospital, which shows that the University is "willing to cooperate with the city on matters concerning the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CITY COUNCIL WILL ASK STRIP OF LAND IN YARD | 11/29/1939 | See Source »

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