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Word: institutionalize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lank, goateed President Few, an old Southern gentleman who traces his distinguished ancestry back to the Revolution, had been head of little Trinity for 14 years before Buck Duke histed him to eminence. He followed Buck Duke's instructions to the letter (excerpt from Buck's indenture: "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Duke's Design | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

His friends last week were willing to bet that Jack Crocker, no snob, would get on well at snobbish Groton. One of his chief problems will be to satisfy old Groton boys, whose sons have always had first chance to be admitted to Groton, and still make it a representative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Jack for Peabo | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

Most people might suppose that the march was dedicated to an army post, or the Post Office department, or perhaps had something to do with a post horn. Actually, it was a theme song (before the days of theme songs), commissioned in 1889 by a newspaper, the twelve-year-old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Der Vashington Pust | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

The existence of sex hormones is one of the most widely-known discoveries of modern biology. Androsterone and testosterone make a man manly, progesterone and estrone make a woman womanly. But in man and other highly evolved animals, the ordinary processes of life depend on other hormones which are non...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sex Life of Achlya | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

In Europe, Catholics commonly parade in the streets with the Blessed Sacrament on Corpus Christi, a feast celebrating the Lord's institution of the Eucharist. One of the few places in the U. S. where elaborate Corpus Christi processions take place is Florissant. Except for a few years after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Florissant | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

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