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Word: standardize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...boycott, an invention of those whom you would designate as (Roman) Catholics, is a powerful weapon for use against those whose standard is the greasy dollar, and, thank God, Christians are being educated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 13, 1939 | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...sailing assured beyond. A further remedy is the oft-bandied-about House Associate Plan. Finally there is the athletic organization of out-house groups and their inclusion in the intramural set-up. The Council recommends all of these, envisioning them as a complementary whole which will raise the general standard of life of non-House students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WE ARE SEVEN | 2/9/1939 | See Source »

According to CCC thinking, the juniors are "the corps." Of them, 66.75% in 1938 came from Relief families; another 29% from families "below a normal or average standard of living"; 3% had no families. Three per cent were completely illiterate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSERVATION: Poor Young Men | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...weakest position in seven years, with gold holdings of ?223,000,000. At the old parity price of 85s. per ounce, these holdings are valued by the Bank at only ?126,400,000-less than the Bank's 1931 gold holdings when England was forced off the gold standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Pause or Lull | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

This provided 70% of the purchase price, about the same ratio as for standard railroad equipment trust certificates. Nevertheless, aviation equipment trust certificates have yet to rival railroad certificates as gilt-edged public investments: there was no public offering of last week's issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Air Trust | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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