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Word: corrections (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...principal humor is supplied by the gentlemen of the society who attempt to correct this vice, but become involved in a doubtfully moral association with "a lady of leisure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: German Club to Present Satire on Life In German Duchy on Saturday Evening | 5/26/1938 | See Source »

Adequate steps were never taken to correct the initial impression that the University favored the Representative Association. Indeed this impression rapidly became a conviction in the minds of caretakers and chambermaids. Janitors and other men in positions of responsibility did not hesitate to urge membership in the H. U. E. R. A. and to reward members with little favors. The A. F. of L., on the other hand, lost no time in branding their rival as a company dominated union and pointing out to bewildered waitresses the inequity of such an organization. The University, it is apparent, did not foster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNITED THEY STAND | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...Mitchel Field. Long Island, Major General Frank Maxwell Andrews considered it necessary to issue the following communique: "I notice from some press reports that there is a tendency to indicate that the Army GHQ Air Force is planning to fight a war by itself. I would like to correct that impression. . . We must realize that in common with the mobilization of the air force in this area, the ground arms of the Army would also be assembling, prepared to take the major role in repelling the actual landing forces. ... I want to ask that you do not accuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Soldiers in the Sky | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...much to ask that those who correct the blue books in courses should set aside office hours to discuss the papers. Students who have difficulty can often gent hints how to improve their examination technique by seeing their past errors. Others might feel that injustice was being done: even "crabbers" have some right to be head. Furthermore, it would be desirable for examinations to be open for discussion before the grades are turned in, for it takes a vote of the faculty to alter a grade once it ahs reached the records in University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOWN FROM OLYMPUS | 5/20/1938 | See Source »

...help: "The Mosaic law does not deal with such problems. At the time the Bible was written surgery was not advanced to the extent that it is today, and such problems did not occur. ... It is my opinion that we should let nature take its course. Where men cannot correct, let God make His own decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: God gave . . . why take? | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

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