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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lever. Handiest card the French and British had in dealing with the Loyalists was the presence in Paris of Manuel Azaña, President of the Spanish Republic. Loyalist decrees, to be legal, must be signed by the President. The French have served notice that Don Manuel cannot function as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Favors | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Loyalist Foreign Minister Julio Alvárez del Vayo flew from Madrid to France to persuade Senior Azaña to return to Loyalist Spain and thus rob Britain and France of an excuse to withdraw recognition. Long and heated conferences took place in the big, flat-faced brown stucco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Favors | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

(especially old Charlie Chaplin films), he looks back upon his film debut in Moonlight Sonata as an intensely uncomfortable experience. "There were too many repetitions and too many lights. I can only play at ease in subdued light." At the radio, over which he has made only two broadcasts, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Veteran | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Sweeping are the indictments against U. S. teachers: 1) they know too little about a) the subjects they teach, b) social conditions, c) children; and 2) they don't like children. Average training of U. S. elementary schoolteachers is less than two years of normal school. Teaching attracts a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No. 1 Problem | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

The House of Ulen has been doing well competitively; Hal's swimmers beat the Lions; eldest son Fred won the 50-yard dash in the quad meet in 5.6 seconds and younger son Don took a snappy 50 in the Swimming Carnival race for faculty progeny . . . Jim skinner, of Exeter...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Ulen's Cloud Brings Crimson Lining As Natators Defeat Columbia 41-34 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

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