Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reason it is doubly important that reliable information about them be published annually by the professors in charge. This procedure would put an effective stop to preconceived notions and half-truths that are handed by word of mouth from one class to another. The Freshmen especially are entitled to exact information about the courses that they propose to take, and there is no excuse for not publishing...
...objective a conductor as he is composer. Leading off with a little-known Weber overture, he made its Chinese theme sound clear and precise. Stravinsky has always sneered at "interpretation." His complete lack of it froze many a listener's heart. He conducted with the sharp, exact beat of a metronome, like that instrument seemed indifferent to the gallery...
...hrer therefore was faced with having to decide his next big move in Spain-either intervention whole hog, or scuttle-and in Berlin foreign envoys were secretly tipped by Foreign Minister Baron Constantin von Neurath who emphasized, "I am speaking for the Chancellor." His exact words were not published but their gist was a declaration that Germany will not permit the establishment in Spain of anything resembling Soviet rule, and demands of Britain and France that they state whether they are for or against the creation of a Soviet Spain...
Influenza and its frequent herald, the common cold, are probably due to infection by a submicroscopic virus. Bacteriologists have not understood the exact nature of viruses, particularly whether they are living or dead substances. Because he proved that viruses are lifeless molecules, the American Association for the Advancement of Science last week awarded Dr. Wendell Meredith Stanley of the Rockefeller Institute a $1.000 prize (see p. 39). Next day Dr. Stanley went to bed stricken by influenza...
...credit to Boss Jim for first public utterance of this crack. As for myself, those were my first and exact words upon hearing the election returns. Only witness, another boss, my wife...