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Word: libra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...second day of school third graders greet each other in Spanish. Children talk about their ages, games, homes. Gradually their vocabularies expand. Pupils learn how words and phrases should sound, not abstract rules. Formal grammar comes in high school. The same ideas are embodied in Mireles' textbooks (Mi Libra Español, I, II and III), the latest of which is just off the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Education, Feb. 14, 1944 | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...There is no correlative statistical basis for astrology. Example: Most astrologers agree that a person born under Libra should have musical talent. A Stanford psychologist studied the birthdates of 1,498 musicians, found fewer born under Libra than under any sign except Scorpio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Forecast for 1941 | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

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