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Word: questioned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...where Haganah was trying to secure the Galilee region, Syrian and Lebanese detachments attacked Jewish settlements. Egyptian air force planes swooped over Tel Aviv in the first strafing and bombing raids of the war.* But these Arab moves were, for the moment, token attacks with token forces. The important question in the minds of Arabs and Jews and even in the chancelleries of considerably greater states was: How far would Abdullah's Legion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Reluctant Dragon | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

Insidious Demands. The housewife is still one of TV's biggest question marks. The problem is whether or not women will find time to sit down and look. Yes, says Mullen: "Women find time to play bridge, to shop, to go to Ladies' Aid. They'll find time for television." Radio can be turned on and ignored; TV insidiously demands full attention. There are some who believe that TV may deliver the final blow to the art of conversation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Infant Grows Up | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...that the break had come, the big question was: How high would it climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: The Breakthrough | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...young assistant professor in Harvard College wondered what men thought they could do with the education they got in the Yard. Henry Adams asked one of his students that question one day. The answer: "The degree of Harvard College is worth money to me in Chicago...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 5/22/1948 | See Source »

Henry Adams was upset by the answer to his question, and there is good reason for educational philosophers to be disturbed by the replies of today. People prate of colleges providing young men with "practical experience" or "social stability" or "the free mind," but no formal educational process can call itself a success unless it gives to its recipients, along with facts and experience, the desire and ability to learn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 5/22/1948 | See Source »

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