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Word: instead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was shortly before noon. Mr. Truman talked to Marshall by telecon. A little later the network officials heard from Ross, cancelling the request for radio time. That evening, instead, a brief announcement was made that George Marshall would fly home to consult with the President. Harry Truman had to make some kind of show of being President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRESIDENCY: You Have to Do Something | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...arrived at the Student Council meeting with new information, previously unrevealed to the delegation, that seemed to him to indicate that the group forming the national joint committee would also be taking care of the regional problem satisfactorily; he suggested therefore that we should agree to take another project instead. The delegation concluded that this information was inconclusive, but warranted our choosing a possible alternative project...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defends Delegation | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

...noted the change in human fear, stating that man now fears science instead of the supernatural. He claimed scientists are not responsible for what is done with their products, nor are they often cognizant of the results of research...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wild, Mather Question Benefits of Science to Man in SANSS Meeting | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

Bollinger uses two devices to tone his planes down. Most airplane noise comes from air currents around fast-moving propeller tips. The engines are therefore geared down to make the blades move slower, and four-bladed props are used instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Silent Planes Circle Over Soldiers Field For Noiselessness Experiment | 10/13/1948 | See Source »

...Sitwell family seat, Renishaw, were used as studies by Sir George. Piled upon their floors like snowdrifts were heaps of documents concerning his incredible projects and affairs. Boxes of papers were neatly labeled, though not often correctly: thus, the box inscribed "Osbert's Debts" might well contain instead papers on "Pig-Keeping in the 13th Century," or "The Use of the Bed," or "My Advice on Poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Father Rides Again | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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