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Word: instruments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Crisis was a major fact in London last week. In the House of Commons, however, more seriousness was in evidence. In awful dignity the Prime Minister arose and spoke. "I do not deny," came Neville Chamberlain's solemn admission, "that my original belief in the League as an instrument of preserving peace has been profoundly shaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Keel Down | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

...Freshman who can sing, play a musical instrument, do magician's tricks, tell stories, or do anything that comes under the head of amateur entertainment is free to enter the contest. All entries should be made on the notice posted at the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION COMMITTEE TO SPONSOR AMATEUR HOUR | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...being unable to see figures on the 1937 income tax blanks because of one of Magill's reforms in putting the affidavit on the back instead of the front ! . . . I am most surprised that it did not dawn upon TIME . . . that before a notary can certify to any instrument, it must be looked over carefully to see that it is properly filled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 7, 1938 | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

Since the early part of the World War he has lived quietly in Haslemere, making his own instruments just as the 16th and 17th-Century craftsmen made theirs, piecing together bits of historical information on how they should be played, playing the old music, teaching others how to play it. The idea of artistic progress rouses Dolmetsch's fiery disdain. Says he in his time-resisting French accent: "There has been no improvement in any art, at any time, anywhere! There have been little changes-like in fashions-but you usually find that where you've gained something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Militant Antiquarian | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

Instead of printing maps from the ordinary single-lens camera Bagley, who is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the United States Army, and his assistants are utilizing the new multi-lens camera. This camera is the outgrowth of the trilens instrument developed by Colonel Bagley during the war. It was taken by the army and increased to five lens, and is now the Fairchild...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Multi-Lens Camera Facilitates Map Plotting from Air, Bagley Says | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

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