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Word: experimentalism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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It might not be inadvisable for holders of securities in shaving accessory companies to at least reduce their holdings until the result of this experiment is determined. I would also advise owners of securities in neckwear companies to watch this development with suspicion, for with the coming of full beards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 10, 1939 | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Real mosquitoes, as distinguished from subchasers, must be fast enough and small enough to dart among an enemy fleet, loose torpedoes at murderous range. Benito Mussolini's Navy perfected them, used them to good advantage against Loyalist Spain and even showed the way to British mosquito designers (including famed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL DEFENSE: Small Boats | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Acting on Student Council recommendations that capped a year and half of undergraduate agitation, the Housemasters voted on Monday to admit 10 to 12 associate members to each House as an experiment for next year and decided that "the quota of upperclassmen to be admitted be increased for the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Housemasters Vote To Adopt Associate Membership Plan For Out-of-House Men | 3/30/1939 | See Source »

Always small, the volunteer British Army has long had trouble getting enough healthy, sturdy recruits. Having lowered the physical requirements, Army officials last week reported the successful results of an experiment to feed some 1,900 skinny youths up to requirements. At two camps they have been getting a cup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: B. E. F. | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Died. Ernest ("Ernie") Hare, 55, baritone half of the Happiness Boys, oldtime radio harmony team; of bronchopneumonia; in Queens, N. Y. Old hands in show business, Ernie Hare and Tenor Billy Jones were hired by WJZ in 1921 for a song-and-patter experiment. Next year, as the Happiness Boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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