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Word: correct (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...correct your record of Kansas' Senator George McGill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 3, 1938 | 10/3/1938 | See Source »

...transport pilots run by army men. The picture shows Harry Carcy, as head of the school, working Richard Dix and Chester Morris 24 hours a day, completely ignoring differences between military and civilian flying, and disregarding nearly all the federal laws governing the latter. Joan Fontaine registers the correct emotions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/27/1938 | See Source »

...English 2: Six Plays" was one of the most famous courses in the country, and the mid-year and final exams with their long memory question and 60 to 70 "spot" passages were the terror of generations. During his reign he insisted on "Shakspere" as the correct spelling. His students will never forget the pearl gray fiannel suit he invariably wore, the glasses that flew up his lapel to their hanger with never a hitch, and his pungent injunctions against coughing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Born Late, 1942 Will Miss Four Harvard Traditions | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

...interested to know that she is still bringing in the bills, her treasure now amounts to $34. We are still unable to find out where she gets the money. Your article was very good and absolutely correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 19, 1938 | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...composer of the song Way Down upon the Swanee River (properly called Old Folks at Home), had never seen Florida's Suwannee River about which his song was written, got the misspelled name from an old map. Once the song was written it was impossible to correct the spelling, because the tune calls for a word of two syllables, and the real Suwannee has three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Saugatuck Symphony | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

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