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Word: earnest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...will be excused from their regular classes tomorrow between 9 and 10 o'clock in order to attend the annual meeting on the choice of a field of concentration. At the meeting which will be held in the New Lecture Hall, Dean A. C. Hanford will preside, and Professor Earnest A. Hooton and Assistant Professor John M. Potter will address the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL FRESHMEN | 3/1/1940 | See Source »

...from their regular classes on Saturday, March 2, between 9 and 10 o'clock in order to attend the annual meeting on the choice of a field of concentration. At the meeting which will be held in the New Lecture Hall, Dean A. C. Hanford will preside, and Professor Earnest A. Hooten and Assistant Professor John M. Potter will address the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL FRESHMEN | 2/28/1940 | See Source »

...time-honored tradition of Congress is: "never do today what you can put off till tomorrow." Even the most earnest Congressional freshman learns in jig-time that almost nothing in a democracy is actually urgent business.* Many a Congressional oldster has become a solid statesman by eternally delaying legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Democracy | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

What Jack Hill and his fellow fans find so absorbing about Superman is not simply their hero's imperviousness and giant strength but his ability to fly through the air. Last week Superman took to the air* in earnest, as a three-a-week serial. His sponsor: H-O oats (Hecker Products Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: H-O Superman | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

Last week earnest Ernest Howe sat down before TNEC with a 322-page book on his knees, an array of charts alongside him. The book was his survey of the 26 largest of the U. S.'s 306 life insurance companies (selected for study because all had assets above $125,000,000;, and its long tables were filled with figures furnished by the companies themselves at SEC's request. From book and chart Witness Howe began to testify. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: Big 26 | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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