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Word: learnedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The number of sharp prods that Mr. Huxley can get in at things like art, science, and theology in his process of dissection is amazing and thoroughly delightful. The old nobleman who seeks to find God in his grotesque experiments with lizards is typical of the men Mr. Huxley finds...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: Human Satire | 11/13/1928 | See Source »

The little woman nobly responds under the optimism of her learned mate and leads the way to the dinner table where the evening repast of water gruel is ready for distribution among the stricken troop.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 11/13/1928 | See Source »

Obliquely interesting to the light physicists at Washington was the California Institute of Technology's decision to build a 200-inch telescope near Mount Wilson. The present Mount Wilson apparatus has a 100-inch reflecting mirror. The new one, to be done in three years, will double the astronomer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Light & Sight | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Every watcher knew that the great power plant will not be called conventionally, "Unit 27" or "Brunot's Island Plant." but will bear the name of James Hay Reed. Most watchers, city-conscious, remembered smart James Hay Reed as the Pittsburgh lawyer behind the formation of the U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Silver Scoop | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

With Steel confirming the "15x" theory, did investors hold General Motors cheap at 222, rush to brokers with orders to buy? Prudent investors consulted prudent stockmarketeers. They learned: 1) that the "15x" formula might justify itself in a strong bull market, but that it could not be maintained in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: 15x | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

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