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Word: correctible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years before any correct and traditional Harvard Class would think of electing officers, the Class of 1945 will go to the polls tomorrow to choose eight men from a field of 39 nominees. With war pushing class exoduses, four class elections in all have been held since only last February...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petitions Place Six On '45 Nominations List | 3/17/1943 | See Source »

Unchangeable Eyeballs? Nevertheless, very few ophthalmologists will undertake to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism (unequal eye images) by exercise; the practice is limited almost entirely to certain psychologists, opticians and physical therapists. Reason: different schools of thought about how the eye works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Exercise v. Eyeglasses | 3/15/1943 | See Source »

...inflation: the national income is already higher than the national capacity to produce consumer goods on top of its vast war production. Against that background there are only two kinds of pay increase that are really justifiable, by any standards except those of power politics: 1) those to correct genuinely "substandard" conditions and 2) those to induce an equal increase in production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Heads I Win ... | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

Sample "Cultural Arts" course required of air hostesses: "C.A. 69. Practical esthetics. A course for young women who expect to do office work . . . emphasizing the importance of personal grooming, correct speech (voice and diction), and also flower arrangement as an integral part of the office setting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Culture Takes Wings | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

...etiquette for the correct placing of the flags is rather simple. When only one flag is flown, it goes on the middle pole. When there are two, the ranking one goes on the right and the other on the left looking west from University Hall. When all three poles are in use, the ranking flag still is placed on the right, while the others are put next to it according to their rank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTED GUESTS RATE DISPLAY OF YARD FLAGS | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

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