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Word: intervales (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Marriage Laws. Oregon voted to require medical examinations for marriage license applicants. Maryland prescribed a 48-hour interval between licensing and ceremony to scotch its fly-by-night marriage racket at Elkton.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Referenda | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Though lunar eclipses are less frequent than solar eclipses, more people see them because the darkened moon is visible from a whole hemisphere of earth. Totality of this week's lunar eclipse lasted 1 hr. 23 min. For a brief interval on the Atlantic seaboard a remarkable phenomenon was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Six Minutes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

The animal is placed inside a big squirrel cage which revolves when the creature runs. A faint musical tone sounds, followed after a short interval by a mild electric shock administered through the bars of the cage. If the animal runs the turning of the cage switches off the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Feeling and Hearing | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

Upholding the future of the theatre as opposed to motion-pictures, Hardwicke stated that "dogs, little children and dumb blondes are the best actors before a camera." He emphasized the importance of the audience to dramatic creation, pointing out that no real acting could be done over a two minute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sir Cedric Hardwicke Is Enthusiastic About Informal Drama Set-Up Here | 10/26/1938 | See Source »

What did these tricks was a "terrain clearance indicator,"'first practical development of a radio-run absolute altimeter. From a transmitting antenna on one wing, radio waves are bounced groundward, caught on the rebound by a receiving antenna on the other wing. The elapsed time interval is measured in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Finder, Feeler, Sounder | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

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