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Word: easiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these skull-cracking labors came a theory to guide designers of aircraft. An airplane that is easiest on skulls, Cornell decided, should hold its passengers as tightly as possible. The things that skulls might strike against should not be small, hard objects, but should be made of thin metal formed around broad shapes of yielding plastic foam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Watch Your Head! | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Since I'm an American History and Literature concentrator, you can take this to heart: History 169 is the best and easiest course in the American History field. By far. And particularly for non-concentrators...

Author: By Joel Raphaelzon, | Title: Off The Cuff | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...Chinatown. Children, they agreed, are easiest to handle, not only because the little innocents are used to being led around by the nose anyway, but also because they are not automatically prejudiced, like many of their elders, against unfamiliar sights. The adults are apt to be casual but hostile. They often seem to "feel the museum's educational duty is comparable to a swift tour of Chinatown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Docents' Duties | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

...Paul-Henri was," says Marie Spaak, "the easiest of my children to handle, so sweet and affectionate. He still is. When he takes me to dinner he comes hunting for me in the Senate, asking everyone, 'Avez-vous vu Maman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Big Man | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...asked only one favor of the city administration in eight years (one of "the Senator's" friends needed a job). His great power is the Star. He can sit back, dictate an editorial or work up a story that will get the things done. Big Roy is the easiest man to see in town. To his desk every day come a steady stream of citizens to tell him their troubles and plans-everything from politics to church benefits. He always takes time to listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSOURI: K. C.'s Sun | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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