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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Secretary Edison testified before a Congressional committee last year, he observed that the back yard of every industrial laboratory was piled high with discarded specimens. Said he of airships: "I don't think our scrapheap is big enough yet."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hopeful Experiment | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

"Don't let us suppose that necessarily there must be economic warfare between Germany and ourselves. There may be some competition, but competition is a thing on which we have thrived in the past. In my view, there is room both for Germany and ourselves in the trade with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Business of Government | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

A few of Mr. Bury's warnings: 1) beware of worn upholstery; the innards may be worse; 2) don't believe speedometer mileage, look at the pedal wear; 3) a new paint job sometimes covers a multitude of sins.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Bury on Buying | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Customer (or market) research is a technique of consulting the buyer on his tastes before making a product. In "Buck" Weaver's words, it is "finding out what people like, doing more of it, finding out what people don't like, doing less of it." A logical operating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOTORS: Thought-Starter | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Citizens of Montgomery, Ala. noticed an old, blind Negro peanut vendor with an unusual line of sales talk: "Get yo' fresh parched peanuts, 5? a bag. Now don't you WTA workers be bashful, I'se got a special discount rate on for you all. Po'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 14, 1938 | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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