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Word: downs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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One Robert Robinson, Manhattan chauffeur, was fined $5 for having run down and slightly injured Zaro Agha, decrepit Turk who is in the U. S. purporting to be 156 years old.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 24, 1930 | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

Dr. Einstein is interested in getting an exact measure of light's speed because it bears on his theories of the curvature and limitation of space. He will be able to put his eye to Dr. Michelson's eyepiece, watch the light flash in a 32-faced revolving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Physical Trio | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

Copper producers will cut down production proportionately until the cut amounts to 20,000 tons a month, the margin by which production has exceeded consumption lately. In announcing the agreement, careful mention was made of the facts: 1) that the producers are doing this voluntarily, 2) that the agreement lasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Curious, Confident Copper | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

Two methods of steadying the industry were open. One was to let the price fall lower, eliminate high-cost producers. The other was to cut down production. It was the second that the producers chose, and last week, simultaneously with the price-rise, details of their plans became known.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Curious, Confident Copper | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

A flash, a moment of gameness was all that Princetonians asked of a team which since the beginning of the season had not beaten anybody except one minor opponent. Instead, scored on by a fluke field goal in the first two minutes, Princeton somehow became for i hr., 19 min...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 24, 1930 | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

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