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Word: correctible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quote the article-"There an engineer told him that the jungle section to the south had a reputation worse than any bush country in Africa; that a dozen explorers had tried, but none had gotten through. ..." I would like to correct part of this engineer's statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 14, 1941 | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...Stimson argued that this was too big a job to undertake in emergency, held further that the U.S. form of government did not lend itself to a supreme command. If this reasoning was correct, his autonomous air force obviously made more sense for the U.S. than a completely independent force would make, and the few, long-sighted observers who thought that the U.S. would some day have to come to a real high command for all its forces might as well give up hope for the duration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Autonomy for Arnold | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

Roosevelt is the correct answer. Since the number of this question is 0, the number 2-standing for Roosevelt-has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 30, 1941 | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...readers to prove their own knowledge of Current Affairs. In recording answers, make no marks at all opposite questions. Use one of the answer sheets printed with the test. In all, answer sheets for four persons are provided. After taking the test, you can check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of this test, entering the number of your right answers as your score on your answer sheet. On previous Time Tests College Student scores have been reported averaging 60; Time Reader scores have averaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 30, 1941 | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...deskside the men who live by coffee. He knew that a number of leading operators had been wisely stocking up, while small fry, caught short, bid up the price. He proposed a Government inventory of all coffee, and even asked the big fellows to release stocks and correct the maldistribution. The meeting was unwieldy, and broke up with little done. Henderson's next step would normally be to fix all coffee prices by fiat. That might be good business, but not as the State Department understands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Tempest in a Coffee Pot | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

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