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Word: lightnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scientist and so of course am not in a position to question Dr. Janet Clark's findings, but I take issue with Dr. Clark's conclusions that "the amount null of the noonday sun's ultraviolet light; TIME, Sept. 10] is obviously too small to be of any great value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 10, 1928 | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...supposedly necessary turnstile to force men to supply themselves with credentials before they enter the Reading Period. Those who have been there before, and know the amount of required or suggested study that fetters the period should be little inclined to let course work overlap. But if in the light of human nature this examination is inescapable; and if in the light of educational tradition its November predecessor is desirable: such allowable conservatism still does not make the presence of a third hour examination in such reading courses as English 32, anything but an inexcusable and cluttering imposition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HURDLING | 12/6/1928 | See Source »

...that you have been judged deserving of the honor of election to membership in a fraternity that for more than 150 years has sought to acknowledge and, in so far as possible, to reward the achievements of true scholarship. And in order that you appreciate that honor in the light of the traditions and ideals of the fraternity, it is the custom of some time that you be given at this hour a brief statement of its history and aims...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AIMS EXPLAINED AT ANNUAL MEETING OF PHI BETA KAPPA MEN | 12/5/1928 | See Source »

...appearing in the Boston Evening Transcript stated. "...And indeed here are found in a marked degree those qualities which make a mural painting great--nobility of subject together with able and decorative handling in expressing it fully. In short a fine and strong conception in terms of color and light and shade, which make in themselves a beautiful decoration of a given surface...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sargent Mural in Widener is Storm Center of Recent Criticism by Pach | 12/4/1928 | See Source »

Swallow Airplane Co. Wichita, Kan. / Commercial / Light sport, commercial & training / . . . . . . . .$1,795-$9,000 / First commercial airplane makers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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