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Word: lowe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...low public esteem into which Congress has fallen has worried many a thoughtful legislator-and not just for personal political reasons. With a branch of the U.S. Government under attack, it is high time for Congressmen to brace up - not to save their own hides but to preserve the principle of democratic legislation One such worried Congressman is 40-year-old Aimer Stillwell Mike Monroney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: We Are All Guilty | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

...subma- rines are so frighteningly hard to build. Peace and subs do not mix. To survive between wars Ebco looked to its Electro Dynamic Co. (marine engines and gen- erators) and Elco Motorboat Works* (pleasure cruisers), both at Bayonne, N.J. During the depression Ebco employment dropped to a low of 300, annual sales averaged $2,500,000, annual losses $1,000,000. Desperate, Ebco grabbed whatever work it could get. For Atlantic Coast Fisheries it built a fish-skinning machine, for a nearby beauty parlor it repaired hair curlers, for bicycle makers it made a wire spoke machine. But Ebco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom at Groton | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

...skillful surgeon, Dr. DeLee developed the modern, low Caesarean operation. He also campaigned for prophylactic forceps delivery, a method of sparing the mother by using forceps early in a predictable, prolonged labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death of DeLee | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

...less devious method, of course, would be to repeal the 1934 Silver Purchase Act and let silver's price find its commercial level-perhaps as low as 15? an ounce. Mining State Senators last week were preparing a last-ditch defense of their 71? racket. As though to prove they had lost none of their nerve, they even demanded priorities on mining equipment to meet the new war-industry demand for silver-at twice the already artificial market price. Hard-hitting American Metal Market (trade organ) found a word for it in O. Henry: "The legitimate ethics of pure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: METALS: Silver Bullets and Silver Ballots | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

Moanin' Low (Lena Home; Victor; 8 sides). Old favorites, such as Stormy Weather, The Man I Love, sung sensationally by the soulful Negro torchsinger, lately of Manhattan's Café Society, now in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Popular, Apr. 20, 1942 | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

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