Word: occured
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with her famed pout. From time to time, it appears that Robert Young, borrowed from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, will be permitted to get the girl, thus beating out his rival, Don Ameche, on his home lot. This would, however, constitute a serious breach of cinema convention and does not occur. Josette further manifests its veneration for tradition in nothing more clearly than its plot, which is one of mistaken identity: two brothers trying to save their father from the clutches of a cigaret girl, encountering the wrong girl when their father has left town with the siren. Fortunately, nobody utters...
This force is comparable to those which occur nearly ninety-five miles within the earth. Under such a pressure new forms of bismuth and helium have been developed...
Scientists believe that continuous records of changes in the ionosphere will not only help to improve radio communication but may also yield vital information about the sun, about the nature of the upper atmosphere, and about earthly weather. Shifts in the ion layers occur constantly, and sometimes very rapidly, throughout the day and night, and are caused chiefly by changes in the intensity of the sun's radiation...
...Colans' rabbi, Talmudist A. E. Abramovitz, gave no better help: "The Mosaic law does not deal with such problems. At the time the Bible was written surgery was not advanced to the extent that it is today, and such problems did not occur. ... It is my opinion that we should let nature take its course. Where men cannot correct, let God make His own decision...
...Richard Whitney was not only insolvent but also guilty of using customers' funds illegally. When his partner, George Whitney, came to him to borrow $1,082,000 to help his brother Dick "out of a jam," explained Mr. Lamont. "I moved as my heart dictated." It did not occur to him that it was in any way his responsibility to inform the Exchange or anybody else-even though both J. P. Morgan and his son Junius have Exchange seats. Asked Banker Lamont: "Would you expect me to say I will help you out, but you must trot down...