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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Secretary Mellon, after the 1924 experiment, has disliked tax publicity. Last February the Senate was agitating publicity for tax refunds in the first deficiency bill.* Charges had been made that Mr. Mellon's department had secretly doled out large sums in the dark to a favored few. Mr. Mellon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Refund Publicity | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

The aerodynamics of gliding is that of motored flight. First airplanes lacked motors. Otto Lilienthal, air pioneer (anda German) was killed by his glider falling. But few others have had serious accidents.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Gliders | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

During the winter, the activities of the club have been confined to overhauling their ship, a Travel-Air biplane with a Curtis OXX-6 engine, but within the next few days, they plan to start regular operations, with occasional cross-country flights.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVIATORS INAUGURATE FOUR-WEEK COMPETITION | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

Captain G. E. Donaghy '29, and Howard Whitmore '29 were not in uniform yesterday. Donaghy was taking a day of rest while Whitmore is out for a few days with a sore arm.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE FIRST OUTDOOR PRACTICE | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

Dramatics at Harvard in recent years have been often characterized by an ambitious tinge of the extravaganza. A purely creative side of the theatre has perhaps been overlooked as the undergraduates brought to Cambridge work from afar in which the emphasis was decidedly on the appeal and glitter of exotic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE WITHOUT PROPS | 3/22/1929 | See Source »

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