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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the past twenty years Romance Languages have dropped off from a high of 10 per cent of the upperclassmen to a low this year of only 3 percent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Economics, Government Lead Fields Of Concentration, Dean Phelps Says | 12/5/1939 | See Source »

Since that first dramatic case, hundreds of lung amputations have been performed throughout the world, with great success. "In suitable cases," continued Dr. Graham, "where the cancer is not too far advanced, the operation can be done with a mortality of only ten percent. When the cancer is advanced, however, the mortality jumps to 40 or 50%. A very discouraging feature is that about 80% of those patients who come for operation are too far advanced to have a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sawbones | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...Division of History, Government, and Economics still tutors 35 percent of the upperclassmen, but the figures for the past three years show a steady move away from the Division as a whole. History has gained slightly since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broad Fields Suffer Sharp Drop; More Concentrators Specialize | 10/24/1939 | See Source »

Economics has dropped three percent during recent years from a high of 16 per cent of concentrators in 1937, but it still remains the largest field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broad Fields Suffer Sharp Drop; More Concentrators Specialize | 10/24/1939 | See Source »

...nights ago I was in Berlin and the blackout there was one hundred percent, really pitch black," reported a neutral diplomat who last week arrived in Paris. "By comparison with Berlin, what the French call a 'blackout' has left Paris still La Ville Lumière (the City of Light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Honk, Honk, Honk | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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