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Word: corrective (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thin? Quite correct you conjecture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 1/7/1925 | See Source »

...scattered minutes here and there, now and then, during which the corona has been under scientific examination. It is known to be connected with the phenomena of sunspots and electrical disturbances, but its exact nature is uncertain. The moon's course also will be closely examined to correct errors in present calculations; for, although the moon travels very regularly in a general way, it is slightly pulled aside this way and that by many diverse factors very hard to caculate. The effect of gravity on light rays, in accordance with the Einstein hypothesis, is one of a number of other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing of the Shadow | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

...drop make the splash in the bucket at this particular time? The only satisfactory answer that can be vouchsafed is that this is the 155th anniversary of the great Emperor's birth, or the 103rd anniversary of his death. If neither of these answers is correct, the drop must have dropped not by any conscious cooperation of the publishers, but simply because it dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: New Books | 12/29/1924 | See Source »

...typographical error, P. H. Robb '25 was credited with 176 votes in yesterdays election for Senior Marshal. The correct figure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Correct Error On Vote Total | 12/12/1924 | See Source »

...this analysis is correct there seems to be some hope of remedying the defects of both types of universities. A cultivation of a sense of values is necessary in both cases. Once these values are fixed, public opinion will make them just as effective as it has the false values which are leading to pedantry in the one type and athleticism in the other. In Germany the character building which results from participation in college journalism, dramatics, and athletics must be recognized as of some importance. In the United States there is the far more difficult task of convincing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LADDER TO FAME | 12/12/1924 | See Source »

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