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Word: brushup (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...work,: 9:30-10.45 a.m., rehearsal and broadcast of The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters; 10:45-11:30 a.m., breakfast; 11:30 null p.m., rehearsal and broadcast of Big Sister; 1:15-4:15 p.m., rehearsal of FBI in Peace and War; 4:15-4:45 p.m., brushup and repeat broadcast of Evelyn Winters; 4:45-5:30 p.m., dress rehearsal of FBI in Peace and War; 5:30-7:15 p.m., rehearsal and broadcast of Mystery of the Week; 7:15-9 p.m., final rehearsal and broadcast of FBI in Peace and War; 9-11 p.m., dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hackensack's Shame | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

Catalyst with Resilience. Having just weathered the toughest science brushup course of all time, Teacher Conant should be in good form. As chairman of the National Defense Research Committee he exercised absolute dictatorial powers over men and materials in its $2 billion wartime research program, developing radar, antiradar, various new chemical warfare wrinkles-and nuclear fission. Conant's job was as an organizer, moderator and catalyst, but he would have failed if he had not been a topnotch scientist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Chemist of Ideas | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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