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Word: cats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scientist can look at a cat, but few have looked with the spectacular results described in Science last week by Drs. Sam Lillard Clark and James W. Ward of Vanderbilt University. Their look threw much needed light on the relations of the cat's hind brain to the rest of its body. The front part of the brain (cerebrum) governs intelligence and will power. The rear part (cerebellum) governs action. In that region of a cat's brain the experimenters drilled several small holes into which they screwed small steel tubes. This arrangement allowed them to touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctors & Cats | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...than likely to be spent in the Houses, there is every reason for the men now in the Yard to begin to think about the Houses in which they would prefer to live. One of the best ways to get to know the Houses from the inside is to cat in their dinning halls, and for this purpose the University, beginning on Thursday will allow Freshmen to take one meal a week in any House, signing for it in the usual inter-house...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOD FOR FRESHMEN IN THE HOUSES | 10/19/1937 | See Source »

...couple of years ago, it is said he is soon to become a regular correspondent of the nearly-nascent Esquire-owned magazine Ken (TIME, Sept. 20). A Roman Catholic, he is also very superstitious: he never travels on Friday, touches wood constantly, is upset if a black cat crosses his path. Writing (in longhand), he works regular hours, revises conscientiously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All Stones End . . . | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

...heavy death, and drops with cat-like grace...

Author: By V. F., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 10/15/1937 | See Source »

...other side there is, within and without the New Deal, a vociferous and active group of financial reformers. If Mr. Douglas does not make Wall Street dance to his cat-o'-nine-tails, they will soon turn upon him as bitterly as they did on Chairman Landis, making his public life a burden to him. Both sides will attempt to circumvent him by intrigue, to drive him before them by direct assault. He is fortunate in having the temperament of a man who goes his own way, but anyway he treads will be paved with thorns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bill and Billy | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

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