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Word: phenomenons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...study to be a soldier?" This, of course, is an exaggeration of popular opinion, but nevertheless most students find a great deal of difficulty studying without knowing just where the hell they stand. This is not just a local problem. Mid-semester examinations are a nation-wide phenomenon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Draft | 1/16/1951 | See Source »

...Washington Post paused to consider a phenomenon that was causing more & more dismay among newsmen and their readers: the confusing and sometimes contradictory character of General MacArthur's official bulletins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Who Is Fooling Whom? | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

William L. Polk '51 countered with a suggestion that politicking is a "healthy" phenomenon which enables the voters--in this case the incoming council--to get to know the candidates better. "Besides," he continued, "some of the officers who are elected may be new, not returning, councilmen and the recently elected members should have at least a week to become acquainted with each other...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: Council Will Vote Thursday | 1/9/1951 | See Source »

Graham Sutherland is that rare phenomenon among modern painters, a first-rate craftsman. He draws with great assurance, turns his hand easily to designing china, tapestries and rugs as well as to strictly "like" portraiture (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Thorns | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

...fish of the Columbia have been affected by this phenomenon. Although the radioactive stuff does not seem to hurt them much, they become radioactive enough to "take their own pictures." When a "hot" fish caught near Hanford is laid overnight on a photographic plate, it leaves an impression showing its bones, gills and head glands where the radioactivity has concentrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Pure Savannah | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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