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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chromosomes he has a strong opinion on the first thing that biology should teach humanity: "All men are created unequal. No politics or poetry or dogma in this; just a straight clean fact of prime importance to decent thinking on human social problems; and possibly a fact that must be learned, digested and assimilated . . . before unreason ceases to be a threat to all forms of democratic government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pituitary Master | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...industry and transportation. Last fortnight a 35-year-old businessman of Phoenix, Ariz., L. V. Jones, convinced scientists at California Institute of Technology that he had found a way of compressing air more efficiently and cheaply than ever before. In practice, the compression of air generates heat which must be drawn off by water jackets. In the Jones device, there are no water jackets. The heat of the compressed air is removed by circulating oil and returned to the pump where it furnishes accessory driving energy. The same principle, Mr. Jones declared last week, could be used to increase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: New Inventions | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...bequest from the late Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal, the Fellowships: 1) are open only to newspapermen with jobs; 2) pay each holder an amount approximating his regular salary, plus free tuition; 3) require no academic credits or examinations. Each applicant must satisfy Harvard that he has a definite study plan that will make him more useful to his community, his paper and himself when he goes back to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Aunt Agnes' Fellows | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...that did-Tom Girdler, Alvan Macauley, J. J. Pelley, Jacob Ruppert-were qualifiedly optimistic. Only Thomas J. Watson, president of International Business Machines Corp. pulled out all the stops, issued an "inspirational" statement on practically every phase of U. S. life. Said he, among other things: "Crime must be reduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: New Year | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

...entire funded debt, $2,350,000, at 32% of its face value, simultaneously paying off Ohio Goodyear's bank debt and canceling the profit from the stock sale. However, on the paper profit ($1,598,000) from acquiring the debentures at the written-down figure, Seiberling Rubber Co. must pay a 19% capital-gains tax of $303,620. Net result: Seiberling Rubber retired its $3,100,000 loan by a cash outlay of $1,805,620 (plus interest). F. A. lost on the deal-but won because his company benefited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Little Giants | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

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