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Word: fewness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the work of the Study began last fall, Dr. Bock pointed out that "very few apparently have thought it necessary to make a systematic inquiry as to how people keep well and do well."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRANT STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE 100 'NORMAL' STUDENTS | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

Uncle Don last week became a wider problem. He started broadcasting for Maltex Cereal over five MBS outlets. His first week on the network won him a few plaudits, but generally the parents were slightly snippy. Said a Western New York Federation of Women's Clubs executive in Buffalo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Snork, Punk | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Finding the direction, or bearing, of a U-boat was not enough to locate it. But if each of three patrol vessels, say a mile apart, picked up submarine sounds, determined the bearing, then communicated their bearing readings to the other two by wireless telephone, three direction lines could be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ears Under Water | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

In Brooklyn, N. Y., Claude Joseph ("Brad") Bradley, cement salesman whose friends recently celebrated his approaching death with a bang-up party (TIME, July 31), still had cancer of the spine, still lived, although Mayo Clinic physicians gave him only a few weeks in May. Said Salesman Bradley, hearty, slightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 9, 1939 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

With his Duchess in tow, the Duke of Windsor entered swank Fortnum & Mason's department store in London, interrupted a Welsh Guardsman at the biscuit counter: "Are you buying biscuits, too?" No, said the Guardsman, he was getting a camp bed and a few warm things. Tickled to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 9, 1939 | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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