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Word: formal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...myself could scarcely believe that such things could occur in a twentieth century civilization." He then explained that he had ordered Ambassador Hugh Wilson home from Berlin not by way of formal recall, but to gain "a first-hand picture."* His statement of U. S. abhorrence of Hitler's pogroms was one of the strongest ever directed by a U. S. President at a "friendly" power. Later, White House Secretary Steve Early explained that it was intended to apply to outrages upon Catholics as well as Jews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Singular Attitude | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

Gathered about a dinner table in the Boston City Club tonight, half a dozen men of Harvard, officers or graduates, will play an important role in the formal launching of "New England Town Hall, Inc." and their conversation will be broadcast over Station WEEI...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Men Launch Radio Hour Over WEEI Tonight | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Fifty-three years old, Clark's formal record sounds very like a geophysicist and very unlike a child story teller: Harvard Ph.D. in 1914 with a record of "A's", Phi Beta Kappa, teacher successively at ten colleges such as Radcliffe, Oberlin, Stanford and Victoria in New Zealand, he feels that children's books are too staid, that his are going to be different...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Own Lewis Carroll, Expert in Physics, Writes of a Whale and Spit-Tag | 11/15/1938 | See Source »

...formal reply Administrator Andrews ruled out Argument 1, saying, in effect: newspapers are not service establishments. The problem of reporters on continuous assignments will be studied further, probably covered in a later ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Overtime | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...settle the tougher question of whether editorial workers are "professionals," Mr. Andrews will hold a formal hearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Overtime | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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