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Word: predictions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...researches that lie behind this performance enable Dr. Suits to predict the shape and behavior of an arc in any gas-and, conversely, to produce identical arcs in different gases by manipulating the pressure. Most of his hearers agreed that he had contributed handsomely to the science of arc welding and some predicted that his work would be discussed in future textbooks under the head of ''Suits's Law of Similitudes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Suits's Law | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

...ship would be telescoped. The world's greatest and most costly over-water roadway has two decks, no pedestrian walks. The bottom deck for trucks and trains will not be completed until 1938. Top deck has six lanes, will permit 10,000,000 cars to cross annually. Experts predict that tolls will amortize the bridge's cost in 20 years. Drivers may hit 45 m.p.h. on the span. For those who go faster there is a tabloid jail in one of the towers. Before nightfall on the first day it had been well used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Bay Bridge | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

Adventure in Manhattan (Columbia). Endowed with psychic intuition enabling him to predict crimes before they occur, an eccentric young reporter (Joel Mc-Crea) uses this gift to foil an international thief (Reginald Owen), shock his editor, captivate a young actress (Jean Arthur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 26, 1936 | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

This year, Forecaster Dunn has announced that his checking of readerships against the political bias of their newspapers enabled him correctly to predict the Congressional passage of the Bonus, the passage of the Wheeler-Reyburn Public Utility Bill. A Wall Streeter until his brokerage business folded up in 1931. Forecaster Dunn got his idea of tabulating putative editorial influence two years ago. The Landon prediction is in the nature of a public try-out for a weekly prediction which Mr. Dunn wishes to market as a "commercial protection service." If Alf M. Landon is elected next month, Rogers C. Dunn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Forecaster | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

...Yanks are out in front, but nobody can predict when and if they'll win. They can only guess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fred Mitshell Won't Concede Victory for Yankees Today | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

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