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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...beauty of the perfect human form that I never take a bath without a long and admiring look at my own form in its perfect proportions. Not one part of me. But all of me. I would rather-far rather-look at a Zig- strange as it may seem, than at the Holy Man on the front cover of your issue of Dec. 24.* . . . Your "Prohibitor Cannon" is by no means a big gun. In a real nation such as France, Germany or Great Britain, he would not even be a popgun. For we are not yet a Nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Although the war has been over ten years, there seem to be some people who are still uninformed as to the functions assigned the Y. M. C. A., as evidenced by J. B. Scott's letter in your issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...remains a mystery how old he is, but it is a certainty that he is old enough to have begun to think about the future. The recent difficulties of the magazine seem to have made him thoughtful, for he said, "I've begun to think a lot lately about the future, and do you know what I am going to do?" This reporter had no idea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dismal Depression Develops Dazzling Desires in Lampy's Major Domo--Bob Reveals Secrets of Life on Anniversary | 2/23/1929 | See Source »

...their two rivals in the track events, but by how wide a margin it is difficult to conjecture. Cornell, as usual, is powerful in the field events; Dartmouth may be ranked a fairly close second; but the University is a poor third. The outcome of the clash would, therefore, seem to depend entirely on the final event on the schedule, the mile relay. The Crimson quartet's fast time of three minutes 28 4-5 seconds in the Millrose Games in New York a short while ago should favor them to outrun the Indian baton-passers, but Coach Hillman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Has Chance For Triangular Meet Victory | 2/19/1929 | See Source »

Other men discovered that things were not as they seem. They are made up of particles; particles of molecules; molecules of atoms; atoms of electrical protons and electrons; protons and electrons of world waves which happen to meet, get tangled up, unkink and go undulating on again. Ernest Rutherford (1871-? ) in 1911 proved the electron theory. Arthur Stariley Eddington (1882 -?) is a fine fiddler with the wave theory. Arthur Holly Compton (1892 -? ) is another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Einstein's Field Theory | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

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