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Word: majorities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...existence of this fear ... is of definite concern to the people of the United States. . . . Any major war . . . must bear heavily on them during its continuance and also for generations to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Will to Peace | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...years, since he first started work with Siqueiros in Mexico City, to train his trigger finger to its present control. Painted on pressed wood, his two mural Portraits of New York were full of refined detail, though somewhat lifeless in color and very stark in symbolism. Each embodied a major ingenuity which Artist Berdecio calls "kinetic perspective" by which distortions are so anticipated and utilized as to make the mural a satisfactory, if somewhat different, picture to spectators from each side as well as in front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Trigger Men | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...According to the Council's logic, there is no reason, other than financial, for retaining major sports teams if minor are scrapped. And why retain the major sports that are not self-supporting? The fact that tennis and squash are classed as minor is scarcely a condemnation--or is it? Interest in them is just as high as in any major sport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

...Major and minor Crimson captains have presented a united front in condemning the Student Council's athletic report released Monday which advises the gradual abolition of all minor and Jayvee (except football and crew) sports, and the incorporation of all these sports (with their coaches) into House Athletic Program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Team Captains of Major, Minor Sports Join to Condemn Student Council Plan | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

...would not wish to shoulder the burden of the intensified program suggested by the Council. "Cross country," he said "would be a farce for a man who practiced once or twice a week." It is true, however, that cross country would probably be retained along with track as a major sport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Team Captains of Major, Minor Sports Join to Condemn Student Council Plan | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

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