Word: busyness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cramer had advised me to call him around the middle of December if I wanted help with the final exam, since he would be "pretty busy in January." To find out just how busy he was during reading period, and thus get some idea how many undergraduates were taking the...
How much had Russia accomplished by the great ruble reform (TIME, Dec. 22)? Ever since Lenin decreed the creation of a nonprofit society in Russia, peasants have made trouble and speculators have made profits. Last week, hard on the heels of a reform designed to squelch troublemakers and profitmakers, both...
Peck himself was both obliging and obstinate. He obstinately asked for clauses permitting him, for instance, half-time on Broadway (something unheard-of for a movie beginner)-and he obligingly, in the long run, let himself in for enough commitments to keep him hopelessly busy in the studios for a...
They were busy and important days for Victor Emmanuel. He read long and complicated reports, reviewed parades, pinned medals on heroes and put wreaths on graves. An American visitor was told in 1927: "The most wonderful thing about Mussolini is his loyalty to his King." The words were spoken by...
Little Perfex Co. of Shenandoah, Iowa, had a big idea. Perfex wanted a synthetic starch that would come bottled, ready for use, and make starching as simple as washing. Since Perfex had no research staff, it laid the problem in the lap of Kansas City's Midwest Research Institute...