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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Perhaps the most striking characteristic of Nash's poetry is the novel way in which he obtains like sounds from very dissimilar words. He is not above making major orthographical changes in a word in order to achieve versification. He says, for example...

Author: By J. P. L., | Title: The Bookshelf | 6/10/1938 | See Source »

...dearth of instruments in College, particularly banjos and mandolins, the Instrumental Clubs have decreed major changes for next year's show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW TYPE SHOW RULED BY INSTRUMENTALISTS | 6/8/1938 | See Source »

...takes more time than any other department and practically smothers any other interests. And even after finishing the Undergraduate course in Chemistry here a student is not prepared for industrial chemistry, but must get a Ph.D. before he can get a good job. Chemical research is a second major object of concentrating in Chemistry. Medical School is the goal of the largest part of the concentrators, for four courses: A. B, 3, and 2, satisfy the requirements of the Medical School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Articles on Fields of Concentration | 6/8/1938 | See Source »

Died. Dr. John Jacob Abel, 81, professor emeritus of pharmacology at Johns Hopkins: of heart disease; in Baltimore. Among his medical discoveries, two were major: 1) the isolation of epinephrine; 2) the isolation in crystal form of insulin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 6, 1938 | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...streets, Alabama Power's down the other. It was the first time TVA had gone into such direct competition with a private utility. Furthermore, since Alabama Power is a subsidiary of $1,160,000,000 Commonwealth & Southern Corp., it was direct competition between TVA and its major foe in the utilities v. Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Competitors' Claims | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

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