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Word: reasonsable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Freshmen should see the Housemaster or head tutor if possible; they have the most say when the final list is made up. It is also a good idea to set as high a price as possible: this is fairer to those who cannot afford to make a high bid, and...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Freshmen Face Hard Problems In Getting Taken into Houses | 3/22/1939 | See Source »

Reasons for the British ooze of optimism were not hard to find. First, Britain will probably have a General Election this year. Business usually improves when governments talk peace. The European atmosphere, moreover, has been so full of dire warnings to totalitarian powers lately that many a British voter might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Peace Week | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Although greater in tonnage and ships than the Franco Navy, the Loyalist fleet early in the war lost control of the strategic Strait of Gibraltar and with it the mastery of the Spanish waters. Reasons: 1 ) when the war started sailors on Loyalist ships killed most of their experienced officers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: End on the Sea | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Although amply warned of the huge human tide approaching, the French Government made few advance arrangements to receive the refugees. It had thought it would be a matter of only a few weeks before most refugees would return to their homeland. Indeed, one of the reasons advanced for quick recognition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Mass Torture? | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Awake and Sing (by Clifford Odets; produced by The Group Theatre). Clifford Odets, four years ago a rank newcomer to Broadway, last week had conferred upon him the theatrical equivalent of the Order of Merit: his first full-length play was enthusiastically revived. For two reasons Awake and Sing was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Revival in Manhattan: Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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