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Word: dispersionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week the Council of the Allied High Commission began acting as though it meant business. It ordered Farben's German properties broken up into an unspecified number of "economically sound and independent companies [to] ensure dispersion of ownership and control and promote competition . . ." The new law provided that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARTELS: Slow Road | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

Unlike bees and ants, spiders do not handle their military and supply problems collectively; they are rugged individuals. Hence it is usually important that the young disperse as soon as possible, in order not to interfere with one another. With most spiders, dispersion is accomplished by ballooning. The young climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Clever Arachnids | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

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