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Word: expert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, Don Gavion was off for the antarctic on his most venturesome voyage yet. He got the idea when his antarctic expert and army chief, General Ramón Cañas Montalva, returned from the south. "The way to enforce our claims to the antarctic," he told the President, "is to take possession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Now, Voyager | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Many a grandstand dog-lover wondered how judges could pick the little lamb over "real dogs." How on earth can a judge decide between a Pomeranian and a pinscher, anyway? One Westminster veteran offered an expert's explanation: "The crowd sees only six dogs in the ring, but the judge sees twelve-the six real dogs, and six ideal dogs that exist only in his mind's eye. He isn't comparing the Bedlington with the springer; he measures the real and the ideal Bedlington." Ch. Rock Ridge Night Rocket might not look much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top Dog | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Parisian necklines, having gone about as far south as they could go, stayed there; a few new afternoon-dress necklines opened perilously as far down as the waistline. Explained one fashion expert: "A woman has to be naked somewhere. If you cover her at the bottom, you must uncover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: The New Old Look | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Died. Robert Kronfeld, 43, top-ranking international glider expert; in a glider crash; in Alton, Hampshire, England. Holder of early sailplane records, Vienna-born Kronfeld helped plan many of wartime Britain's airborne operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 23, 1948 | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...students realize, too, that despite Dr. Arlie V. Bock's yearly disjoiner, intensive cramming just before an examination will often produce a much better mark for a quick-minded student than long hours earlier in the term. The fact that the Social Relations Department, in spite of expert knowledge in the field and constant experimentation, has been unable to approach perfection of method is an interesting proof of the difficulties of testing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 2/19/1948 | See Source »

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