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Word: erraticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Despite the efforts of Buster Keaton and the Keystone Cops, who provide some uproarious sequences, "Hollywood Cavalcade" belongs to the great middle class. There is entirely too much of Don Ameche, and too little of Hollywood. No impression is created of the glitter town's lusty early years. In effect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/16/1939 | See Source »

Purpose of his operation is to prevent this "reverse action" of the sympathetic system, and short-circuit erratic nerve impulses rushing to the heart. After exhaustive study, and drafting of innumerable blueprints, he decided to cut through the third, fourth and fifth ribs close to the spinal column, snip free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Short-Circuited Heart | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

From then on the Stahleymen were somewhat erratic, failing to reach pay dirt again until the third quarter, although they had possession of the ball about nine-tenths of the time. Worcester's only offensive drive in the entire contest came after the half, with a couple of end runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLINGS WHITEWASH WEAK WORCESTER, 19-0 | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Whether his spirit would put Winston Churchill in the Cabinet was dwarfed by bigger questions last week: certainly Britain's ruling class still considers him brilliant, erratic, unsafe; certainly Prime Minister Chamberlain would regard his entry as a major calamity. But in or out, Cabinet Minister or M. P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vision, Vindication | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

Your courage to face an erratic world will give us courage to face a world which may be worse.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO THE CLASS OF '14 | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

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