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Word: heavier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...letter to the editor (TIME, Sept. 28) on the inadvisability of using rubber panties as a gas mask was very thorough and correct except for one thing. During a gas attack, he advocates staying indoors and lying on the floor with head in arms. Since all war gases are heavier than air they descend to the lowest level possible, and in this case the lowest level in the room is the floor. It would seem that a better position would be to sit or stand in the room. STEPHEN E. ULRICH 1st Lieut., C.W.S. Chicago Chemical Warfare Procurement District...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 19, 1942 | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

Rather than force all students to place their hopes on the nose of the final, the Business School could give several two-hour exams throughout the term, weighting each one progressively heavier. It is one thing to make sure the finals get marked more fairly; it is much more important to make sure that the whole course gets examined more fairly. Under this plan, the student would get a more accurate return on his effort and actual capabilities. The last two exams should be more heavily weighted since they would become more complicated and comprehensive than the first ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grade A | 10/15/1942 | See Source »

Terminating its short career as the daily paper of the Yardling Student Officers, the Scuttlebutt, announced this morning that it would henceforth appear only on Tuesdays. Increased pressure on the men, due to heavier schedules and the increased pace of the curriculum, was given as the reason for the suspension of the daily publication...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daily Scuttlebutt Off; Will Publish Weekly | 10/14/1942 | See Source »

...Australians ceased to marvel at the Jap miracle of bringing one 37-mm. gun over those mountains. In fact, they discovered they could bring heavier 25-pounders themselves when they decided to go forward over the smaller peaks. The Japs had dug trenches, set up machine-gun nests in the roots of trees, piled up log barricades-but evidently thought better of their plan to defend their foremost ridge, 88 long miles over the mountains from their Buna supply base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Little Offensive | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

...seven points: 1) heavier taxes; 2) ceilings on prices; 3) wage stabilization; 4) stabilization of farm prices; 5) war-bond sales; 6) rationing of scarce commodities; 7) discouraging buying on credit and encouraging payment of old debts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Roosevelt Makes a Promise | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

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