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Word: headedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In competition the men of Finland are noted for the intensity of their efforts--plugging, determined efforts rather than competition of the flash-in-the-pan sort. They are characterized as patriotically inspired to victory but on the other hand are reputed to be hard-headed, reluctant losers.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finn Stand Against Russia Is Typical Of Traditional Attitude Toward Sports | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

Very much the family man, Artist Bohrod just after his son's birth painted a store sign, "Bohrod & Son. Est. 1934," into a picture. Curly-headed Son Mark is now saving pennies to buy his father a paint brush for his birthday. A highlight of the current show is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Optimistic Realist | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Resources Board junked, then his National Defense Power Committee. In came an old body, the National Power Policy Committee, headed by New Deal Goalie Harold Ickes. The plans of this Committee are largely conceived in the fertile head of its General Counsel, scholarly, drawling Ben Cohen. It plans to study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Capacity Wanted | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

On Nov. 30, 1916, a trim, single-funneled, 5,809-ton German freighter, deep grey and black, slipped quietly out of Kiel, nosed through cold, thick fog toward the Norwegian coast, headed at top speed (eleven knots) into the teeth of the North Sea blockade. She was the commerce raider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Terrible Tub | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

The rifle club, headed by Walter L. Hyde '41, will continue to hold open house in the basement of Memorial Hall this week. Over 100 men signified their interest in the sport by participating in the shooting there last week.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee Acts Today on Athletic Recommendations | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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