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Word: irises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Several weeks ago, when the infection following the burn had abated, Hoffman went to Hagerstown, and asked Dr. Paul Nelson Fleming if he would ever be able to see again. Dr. Fleming examined his eyes, discovered that the fragile, shell-like corneas were completely useless, that each lens and iris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Eye-For-Eye | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

From Rotterdam last week arrived the first of the 100,000,000 tulip, gladioli, iris, hyacinth, crocus and daffodil bulbs worth some $5,000,000 which the Dutch annually export to the U. S. This week the cordial trade relations between The Netherlands and the U. S. blossomed with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Clearing House | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

In 125 academic centres scattered throughout the U. S. students of the arts last week were gathering for a pleasant series of conferences on the cinema. In these courses no examinations were to be given, and no marks: all the "students" had to do was sit and look. Material for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fine Arts EM1-EM2 | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

Upon hearing that an eyeless baby was born in Washington last week, officials of the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital revealed that they are building an artificial socket for an artificial eye in the head of a one-eyed baby. Plastic operations began 18 months ago when the baby, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Eyeless Babies | 7/19/1937 | See Source »

Last week the sculpture prize 'went to John Amore of New York City, a 25-year-old professional who was trained at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, has worked on Manhattan's Radio City decorations and is now a sculptor's assistant. Sculptor Amore's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Prix de Rome | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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