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Word: rightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that, while this year he weighs over a hundred and eighty pounds. The catch is that he gained the weight comparatively suddenly after an attack of grippe last winter. The result was that he lost a lot of power and had a tough time getting back into form. However, right now he has about the smoothest form on the second sight and is one of the strongest men in the boat...

Author: By William W. Tyns, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

...with the batting championship (Charles H. Blair Bat Competition), and chances are pretty good that one of them will keep the title in Cambridge. Lupien was the winner last year with a .475 mark in the 12 League games. At the present time, both Johns and Lupien are right up among the pace-setters with .429 and .381 respectively for the six tilts they have played in. STANDING OF THE TEAMS W L Pet. Harvard 5 1 .833 Dartmouth 4 1 .800 Cornell 2 2 .500 Yale 1 2 .333 Columbia 1 2 .333 Ponu 1 3 .250 Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE HOLDS FIRST IN EASTERN DIAMOND FIGHT | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

...acoustics of the broadcasting room; the placement of performers in order to avoid rebound and overemphasis; the accurate reproduction of sound effects so that "hoof beats in the distance" don't drown out the heroics of the act; and the blending of all parts of the program in the right proportions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RADIO WORKSHOP STAFF MASTERS TECHNIQUE OF PRODUCING BROADCAST | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

Further technical problems confront, the staff in the making of the record. The needle must be adjusted to cut just right; the chemical makeup of the record must be neither too hard nor too soft; high and low notes must be carefully merged together. In all of these factors the staff plans extensive experimentation in order to learn the fundamentals of what goes on behind the scenes in a radio broadcast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RADIO WORKSHOP STAFF MASTERS TECHNIQUE OF PRODUCING BROADCAST | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

...anxiously, Vag spied his brother at the hot dog stand, and hurried over in time to hear him say, "Gimme a dog with all the trimmins, mister." Vag didn't remember Billy's ever cating a wienie before, but after all, if he wanted to go and get sick right in public, that was his own affair. Vag propelled the kid along through the crowd toward the sideshows. The nearest one was the fat lady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

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