Word: largest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...largest British project of its kind tried in the last 50 years, the Atlas has taken Orton, his research assistant. Stanley Ellis, and six field workers through 200 different villages to question local citizens and record their speech. Their subjects are usually oldtimers who still speak their ancient dialects, and they are also apt to be men because the women tend to regard the dialects as strictly non-U. Each farmer might be asked as many as 1,267 questions, but the questions must be carefully worded. Should a researcher ask, "Where do you keep your cow?", the farmer might...
...machine is to be run jointly by Harvard and M.I.T., although it is to be built with funds from the AEC. The cost is expected to be in the range of 6.5 million dollars, and it will be the largest of its type in the world. The projected date of completion is some time...
...claims the largest private clientele in all Paris is sturdy, bristle-haired Pierre Balmain, who is charming in several languages. Balmain numbers among his customers Actresses Vivien Leigh and Marlene Dietrich, many South American millionairesses. Some of his biggest customers are Italian designers, who reproduce his dresses for the Italian market. On Italian designers' claims to rival Paris, he is tart: "Their ambition is to design dinner and cocktail clothes, but their ability is to design sport clothes...
...Felice Schwartz, and Pastor James H. Robinson of the Church of the Master-this seemed not only an injustice but a waste of brainpower. Though too many boys and girls of all races were missing their chance for a full education because of poverty or bad training, the largest group affected was the Negroes. Deciding to go to the rescue, Dean Carman & Co. hired Richard Plaut, a personnel expert, to be Nessfeness' executive vice chairman. Last week, in a small booklet called Blueprint for Talent Searching, readers could learn just how much Plaut has accomplished...
...comes as no surprise each fall when University Hall's IBM-produced statistics reveal that Economics 1 is the largest course in the University. Economic man, living in an economic society, wants to know what is happening around him--and perhaps hopes to gain a few hints on how to increase his future income. Over a period of years Economics 1 has evolved to meet this desire for increased emphasis on economic practice rather than theory. Originally, the department set up Social Science 115 to scope with the demand for a course oriented to the non-concentrator...