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Word: marse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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If, biologically speaking, Venus appears much younger than Earth, then Mars appears much older. It is smaller and colder than Earth, has lost most of its atmosphere and water. But a thin atmosphere it still has, perhaps containing a little oxygen. And Mars has a little water, as the white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Life Beyond Earth? | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

That young Chrysler is earnest about becoming a patron of U. S. horse racing was evident when he returned to Saratoga this year. Accompanied by Trainer McDaniel, he spent his early mornings watching workouts, his early evenings learning the ABCs of conformation at the ringside of the Sales Paddock. Before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Great Blood | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

From East and West came the cream of the three-year-old crop: Colonel Edward Bradley's Bimelech (winner of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes), Ethel Mars's Gallahadion (who outran Big Bim to win the Kentucky Derby), Charles T. Fisher's Sirocco (who beat Bimelech by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Old Favorites | 8/19/1940 | See Source »

Broker Eggleston, onetime farm boy, thought up the "Enterprise" in 1937 after being prevented for want of wrappers from competing in the lucrative Old Gold contest. Since then he has piled up more than a hundred varieties of box tops and wrappers, getting as much as 50? for one item...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Box-Top Broker | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

On the technical side the new recording is well-nigh perfect, and is typical of the impressive job Columbia has been doing with its recent releases. The newer surfaces are velvety-smooth, lacking a hiss which to some extent mars Victor recordings. Columbia, furthermore, takes far more care to perfect...

Author: By Jonas Barish, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 5/28/1940 | See Source »

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