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Word: oils (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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This was a fairly exact, if flattering, figure. Little Frida's pictures, mostly painted in oil on copper, had the daintiness of miniatures, the vivid reds and yellows of Mexican tradition and the playfully bloody fancy of an unsentimental child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bomb Beribboned | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...used chiefly by canoeists, but by 1945 it is expected to be able to accommodate 1,200-ton lighters. Moving cheaply from Greater Germany down into the Danube and Balkan countries, these are expected to extend German influence and manufactured goods markets, return laden with ore, cereals and oil to fill the German need for raw materials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Charlemagne to Adolf | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...persons with temporary constipation, who are too impatient to wait for the bowel rhythm to re-establish itself, Dr. Aaron suggests certain mild laxatives. Unobjectionable are mineral oil, milk of magnesia, cascara sagrada. "Least objectionable" for habitual constipation is agar, a dried mucilaginous extract of East Asian seaweed, which produces a large bland bulk in the bowel. "Mineral waters, whether natural or artificial, should not be used. . . ." Dr. Aaron went on to advise readers to avoid any cathartic pills that contain aloe, aloin (both somewhat irritant drugs), or strychnine; also any laxative chocolates, candies, chewing gums that contain phenolphthalein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Constipation | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...Considered extending its jurisdiction over private truckers. Early next year the Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate safety conditions and working hours of drivers of interstate trucking fleets like those owned by Standard Oil of N. J. and Bell Telephone Co. "If need therefore is found," ICC then will issue regulations for private fleets as it already has for public carriers, in accord with the Motor Carrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Two-Price Plan | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...future the stubby Ex-boats will carry delicate weather instruments as well as tractors, copper, hides and hemp, marble, oil and tin. The instruments will record weather conditions for Export's year-old subsidiary-American Export Airlines, Inc. If their data gives as clear a green light as last week's stock issue, test flights will start next spring with a Consolidated flying boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Green Light | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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