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Word: commonness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Labor is almost as remote as the one in China. On the Pacific Coast, in Michigan, Iowa, Texas, in many and many a local labor federation, C. I. O. and A. F. of L. unionists still work together for their common aims while their testy big shots snarl in the headlines. Last week this harmony had reached such proportions as to demand the attention of A. F. of L.'s national spokesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Undeclared Peace | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...heavy guard after "terrorists" had threatened his life; the Japanese captured one Chinese port, closed another, attacked two more (Foochow, Wenchow); at Hong Kong British troops feverishly erected barbed wire entanglements and built pillbox fortifications; at Singapore 44 French and British naval, military and air officers conferred on "common action" in the Far East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Ultimatum and Blockade | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...Reiser's moral: a well-balanced diet fortifies man against most of the common diseases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Thought for Food | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...years nutritionists have tried to teach the U. S. public common sense about eating. But most people who can afford to eat well eat unwisely, pour enormous quantities of oils, sugars and refined starches into their overworked digestive engines. "If a diet is correctly balanced," said Dr. Heiser, "a smaller quantity of food will suffice." Certain it is that middle-aged persons who keep slightly underweight have a good chance of outliving their self-indulgent friends. Facts on food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Thought for Food | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...Famed anthropologist Hooton found many common physiological variations from the general public among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 26, 1939 | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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