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Word: acquaint (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...damn it. Nevertheless there is a need for a method by which the name of the nominee will have some significance in the mind of the voter. A brief mention of the position and activities of the candidate, printed on the ballot, would serve in some measure to acquaint the voter with the aspirant for office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHO'S WHO | 12/19/1929 | See Source »

...order to prepare the way for the filming of the people, it was decided to have Captain Hilton-Simpson and his wife precede Haeseler and acquaint, with the new camera, the friends which the explorers had made on previous contacts with the natives. Up to this time the Berbers had only seen the ordinary still camera and no movies had ever been taken of them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Warren Relates the Adventures of Film Foundation Operators | 12/13/1929 | See Source »

...first week is conducted in such a manner as to acquaint the men with their work, and time is given to enable candidates to become acclimated to the atmosphere of a newspaper office. During the examination period work is reduced to a minimum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SUMMONS CANDIDATES TODAY | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

Assuming your valuable paper would be accurate in its statements, I wish to acquaint you with the true facts regarding your article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 16, 1929 | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

...reason for its not being fostered by the Harvard curriculum. In fact the amorphousness in which most theories for race betterment now find themselves should be but a stronger incentive for serious efforts toward research and instruction. It is a challenge to any honest educational institution which wishes to acquaint its students with a knowledge of the world as it is known to the best minds of the times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING | 5/1/1929 | See Source »

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