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Word: discomforts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...name will be listed in U. S. journalism's evanescent hall of fame-alongside those of Archibald T. Steele of the Chicago Daily News, Authors Anna Louise Strong. Agnes Smedley, and Captain Evans F. Carlson, retired U. S. Marine observer-as one who went through danger and discomfort to find the big story of Chinese operations deep in the interior behind Japanese front lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lawrences of Asia | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...soon grew firm and strong, advanced the lower jaw four-fifths of an inch (see cut). The new position of the jaw naturally changed the bite of the patient, but it did not take him long to get used to it. "There was very little post-operative reaction or discomfort," said the Survey. "The patient masticated food at the end of the fourth day and was discharged six days later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Firm Jaw | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...Board of Management of the western World's Fair long ago determined that there would be no T.T. (Toilet Trouble) at this Exposition. No concessionaires will be in the comfort station business to the discomfort of the visitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 12, 1938 | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

...bone are not scraped off, since they provide a good blood supply. As a living graft, with one end assured of normal circulation, the hyoid bone is far superior to any foreign graft clipped from the rib or ear. Only disadvantage, said ruddy, vigorous Dr. Looper. is a slight discomfort in swallowing, but this tends to disappear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bone in Throat | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

...planes have taken the lead in making a high curve the shortest traveling distance between any two points in the U. S. DC-4 will heighten the curve, shorten the distance. Without pressurized cabins, planes now fly as high as 14,000 feet; with them, passengers will feel no discomfort at DC-4s service ceiling, 22,900 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: DC-4 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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