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Word: occurred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Inasmuch as so many of the courses which the intellectually inclined are wont to attend, occur betimes of a morning, in fact somewhere in the vicinity of 9 o'clock, to attend them makes it necessary to be an early riser. And here we strike a definite snag. The most important requisite to an early rising is fine weather. The urge to lie abed is considerably overcome by an overcast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 5/21/1927 | See Source »

...budget for 1928 is about to be finally presented for Parliamentary approval. ... It will depend upon the two chambers whether the results of ten months of labor are to be consolidated in the budget, or whether all the work which we have accomplished will be rendered useless. . . . Should that occur we will fall back again into the abyss from which we have climbed,* and we will never be able to climb out a second time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Confiture de Poincare | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

...current reaches each bit of tin foil it leaps through the neon, which is instantly illuminated. The flashes thus made, strong or weak, according to the amount of current received, build up the picture on the screen. They arrive at the rate of 45,000 a second. Each must occur at the proper time, in the proper place and with the proper intensity, or the entire picture will be "scrambled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Television | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

Million Cars. For railroad men the week of March 12 became significant as they learned last week that for the first time this year they had moved more than 1,000,000 cars of freight-1,005,715. Last year the first 1,000,000-car week did not occur until May, and in 1925 not until July. During the first eleven weeks of this year 10,349,326 cars were moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business Notes, Apr. 4, 1927 | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

...What is likely to occur if one swallows the white of an egg or some olive oil before drinking up some potent whiskey cocktails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Evening This Week: Game No. 5 | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

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