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Word: discoverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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A woman who wears her 50s with an air of long-faced gravity, Cissy learned her business the hard way: by getting trimmed the first time out. She paid $500 for a would-be Hildegarde of the pre-jazz era, only to discover, after the act had flopped, that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cissy's Battle | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

Last April a staff of ten women sent out 90,000 questionnaires to discover the current status of all graduates. Around 37,000 were returned and on this basis the old directory was revised.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: List of Graduates Appears in April | 1/12/1949 | See Source »

One problem that must be faced in a subject such as speech is that, like English composition, those who need it most usually do not take it on their own initiative. It would be well to consider instituting a test for incoming freshmen not only to discover speech defects and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speech! | 1/12/1949 | See Source »

On the other hand, the committee frankly admitted that opportunities for commercial application of atomic energy are distinctly "limited as compared with the opportunities which exist . . . in other fields." Nevertheless, the committee thought industry would discover many "economically rewarding" activities if AEC would open up-and AEC, in turn, should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Atom Blast | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

Professor Hooton is now working with six assistants analyzing the statistics. The researchers hope to discover the relationships between weight and build in different types of men. This will be used to determine what work men of certain body build can best perform.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hooton Finds Yankee Muscles Big | 12/10/1948 | See Source »

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