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Word: disinterestedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The attention which was once devoted solely to the Polish Corridor has, this year, shifted spasmodically but over more frequently to the Anschluss, a term which includes almost any sort of union between Germany and Austria. Europe has been losing many hours of sleep over this question, not simply as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 10/11/1933 | See Source »

To watch Johnny, 17 mos. old. roller-skating through the corridors of Manhattan's Babies Hospital, dressed only in a diaper and shoes, is that institution's favorite daily diversion. Johnny has been roller-skating since last April, which was before his first birthday. He now boldly coasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Psychologists in Chicago | 9/18/1933 | See Source »

It is a legitimate point of pride that Harvard has remained aloof from the general slackening of standards in this respect, and that an honorary degree from Harvard is esteemed and coveted more than any other. Such a degree, if it means anything, should mean that the disinterested scrutiny of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LL.D. (HON.) | 6/22/1933 | See Source »

This thesis seems vindicated by the resignation of the defeated Chiang, and the termination of the menace which his unbridled hosts held for foreign interests in Manchuria. There is much pith in the remark that Japan might also have been literal about Chinese treaties if an anarchic China had been...

Author: By R. G. O., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 6/14/1933 | See Source »

When Joseph Pulitzer's great New York World fell into the hands of Scripps-Howard two years ago to be merged into the New York World-Telegram, the new owners had to reckon with the resentment that is directed at anyone who has a hand in scrapping a respected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pulitzer Prizes | 5/8/1933 | See Source »

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