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Word: fittingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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We recently heard an unfavorable criticism of the Symphony of Psalms, because the details of the treatment of the text--the setting of the individual words--was considered inferior to that in the works of Byrd. This sort of comparison is useless as a way of determining the musical value...

Author: By L. C. Holvik, | Title: The Music Box | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

An affidavit filed last week with the U. S. State Department by a U. S. survivor of the Athenia, momentarily revived World War II's first major incident as a sulfurous fount of propaganda. Encouraged by three U. S. Representatives-South Dakota's Case, Louisiana's Brooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROPAGANDA: Revival: Oct. 30, 1939 | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Studebaker's low-priced Champion, Commander and President ($660 to $1,095) have lost almost all exterior fixtures except close-fitting door handles. Trim and neat, the 1940s have new hood locks, optional overdrive.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Motormakers' Holiday | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Two more Chinese names which look almost as interchangeable as rifle parts (see col. 1) and both of which were in the news last week are Wang Ching-wei and Wang Chung-hui. Their owners would make as ill-fitting an interchange as the triggers of a crossbow and a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Patriots' Peace | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

Immediate result of all these new ship orders was a rush to put inefficient plants back to work-plants not used since World War I. Thus, American Ship and Commerce, an unappetizing Harriman affair, owes the U. S. Government $1,097,413.22 from World War I, and owes Philadelphia $1...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Ships-- for What? | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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