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...darkest blot on Britain's wartime industrial effort is easy to spot: though Great Britain is one of the world's mammoth coal producers, Great Britain is short of coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Burning Issue | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...sniffed. "Haven't I been busy enough lately, what with compulsory physical exercise, buying a victory bond, and even getting on Dean's List with my six courses and accelerated tutorial? You don't want me to turn into a hysterical muddlehead like the Blot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 4/16/1942 | See Source »

...other blot is apt to frighten subjects who are unhappy or unstable, but "normal" people merely call it a bearskin rug or an animal's skin. Schizoid personalities sometimes see a man's face in the dark shadows, but sexually frustrated women see a gorilla or some other strong masculine figure, chasing them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blot Test | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

People who make quick, obvious answers and pass on to the next card are apt to be "conformist" types, anxious to be popular and avoid trouble. Those who see each blot as several different pictures are likely to have active and vivid emotions, while those who see shapes only in small details are often repressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blot Test | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...each of the ten blots there are some more or less standard answers. In the blot above (see cut) the most usual picture is two waiters bowing to each other, but alcoholics may see two drunks leaning over a table, while happy people call them dancers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blot Test | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

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