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Word: correctible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Message from London. The story from London was correct. Secretary Marshall, preparing to leave for Moscow (see INTERNATIONAL) had told the White House conferees Britain had served notice that she could no longer support her occupation forces in Greece, could no longer maintain her position in Turkey. Britain was too poor, financially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Rustle of History | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

After a trip back to York Minster this summer, Organist Noble plans to go on composing at his ocean-front home in Massachusetts, "until the publishers start turning me down." In retirement, he may also have enough leisure to correct the oft-published story that he is the uncle of British-born Jazz Bandman Ray Noble. Says Dr. Noble with a smile: "We're no relation at all. I can't imagine why he should want to claim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: York Minster on Fifth Avenue | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Every amateur photographer, having suffered this painful anticlimax, knows that he could take better snapshots if he could see the print at once, correct his errors and snap again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Quick Birdie | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

...help TIME readers and their friends check their knowledge of current affairs. In recording answers, make no marks at all opposite questions. Use one of the four answer sheets printed with the test: sheets for four persons are provided. After taking the test, check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of the test, entering the number of right answers as your score on the answer sheet. On recent TIME tests the scores of students in colleges and junior colleges have averaged 47; in private schools, 43; in high schools, 38. On the October 1946 TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz, Mar. 3, 1947 | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Truman, of course, is the correct answer. Since this question is numbered 0, the number 3-standing for Truman-has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz, Mar. 3, 1947 | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

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