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Word: precisionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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For Italy, as the Allied radio had warned, the breathing spell was over (TIME, Aug. 16). Now the big planes, winging through the night from England, crested the Alps, dropped their explosive and incendiary reminders on Milan and Turin. By day, up from Mediterranean shores came precision bombers to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Two Wars | 8/23/1943 | See Source »

The Beat of the Master. He took with him a knowledge of symphonic conducting based on a careful study of every flick of Toscanini's baton. After Wallenstein was appointed musical director of Station WOR, discriminating listeners began to notice a Toscanini polish and precision in WOR's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Homemade Maestros | 8/23/1943 | See Source »

Paced by Bill Hulse in the first and second quarters, Gunder pressed him closely, his lean legs working with the mechanistic precision of the connecting rods in an idling aircraft engine. "Faster, faster," he whispered to Bill, who was whirling along in his loping gait for all he was worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Man, New Standards | 8/23/1943 | See Source »

At Sanders theatre Sunday afternoon a smaller picked group of singers from the Glee Club and Choral Society, under the direction of G. Wallace Woodworth, performed Mozart's cantata Regina Coell (K. 108) written when the composer was only 16 years old. The chorus here demonstrated a great deal of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC BOX | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

War plants not only air-condition with Freon, but use it to keep precision tools at a constant temperature. Because of its safety, the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission use it exclusively on ships and submarines. Then last May the Surgeon General's office showed up with a malarial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTION: Freon to the Front | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

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