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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The results were astonishing to both readers and editors. Every page was laid out in punchy, advertising style. Each issue bloomed with color printing. Weird symbols of internal organs caught the eye. Among the standing features: "Tumor Topics" and "Cancer Quiz." The Bulletin could say anything with enthusiasm. Inch-high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctors, Attention! | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

For such an unusual design, President Wriston had his reason and it had nothing to do with medievalism. For some time the Brown campus, with university-owned houses scattered over several Providence blocks, had been easy prey for sneak thieves. In one year they had made 'off with more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Behind the Iron Stockade | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

When the Sept. 1 issue of Vogue (circ. 345,358) went on sale last week, Editor Carmel Snow of the rival Harper's Bazaar (circ. 321,325) gasped in dismay. Leading off the magazine was a 17-page view of the new Paris fashions. It was a big beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Gentlemen's Disagreement | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

Flair's sample issue has an off-white hard cover, with a second, illustrated cover visible through a triangular peephole. Flair abounds with other tricks. There is an accordion-style pull-out on interior decoration, a pocket-sized book insert, a swatch of cotton fabric, even a page written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fleur's Flair | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

This summer, Professor Jepsen went back to Wyoming with a nine-man task force which enthusiastically tore into the site with little awls and whisk brooms. Just below the surface they found a mass of man-mangled buffalo bones with the ends broken off (a handy way to get at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers, Sep. 12, 1949 | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

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