Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compilation of a large pile of notes, he says, indicates a lot of work but is no sign that anything has been learned. To absorb knowledge a student must master his economics or history himself and not rely on pages of printed words to do the job, Perry points out whenever he is advising a pupil...
There will also be two chain-reacting piles: one of low power like the pile now operating at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; the other hundreds of times stronger...
...disc jockey in Charlotte, N.C. reached deep into his pile of old records and played a 1932 piece called Heartaches. It had a bouncy tune and a catchy whistling chorus. Soon dozens of requests were coming in for Heartaches. Decca hurriedly began pressing copies of the old recording. In the past six weeks it has sold over 500,000 copies...
...Consequently, he is unlikely to change his mind about it after he has signed up, has a much clearer picture of what will happen to him next term and can plan the rest of his program accordingly. This informed person probably will add neither his name to the petition pile nor his person to the shopper horde...
...went to the icy window, peered down the street in the hope of a glimpse of her husband. Unemployed now, he had gone out ahead of her to queue up at the greengrocer's for a few potatoes. Mrs. Chimes turned to her tiny kitchen and a pile of clothes awaiting washing. She sighed...