Search Details

Word: subjects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Debate Council won its fourth consecutive contest last night when it defeated Boston University debaters on the subject, "Resolved: That an International Atomic Energy Commission should be established...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debaters Down BU in Fourth Straight Win | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...when language courses were still optional, 53% of them chose German, 30% English, 29% French, and only 3% Russian. Now, with the study of Russian compulsory in all grades of primary and secondary schools, pupils are required to spend more time learning "the language of socialism" than any other subject except Hungarian language and literature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Education of a Patriot | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...still unsettled point is the relationship between colds and allergies, though doctors admit that a layman doesn't much care what ails him, so long as he is promptly cured. Dr. William J. Kerr of the University of California's Medical School, a top authority on the subject, believes that only 25% of cold symptoms are due to allergy. Arguing from this thesis, he takes a dim view of anti-histaminics as cold cures. Said he: "To get one shot out of four wouldn't be very good hunting-and it's lousy medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Over the Counter | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...week starting Friday, Nov. 11. Times are E.S.T., subject to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Program Preview, Nov. 14, 1949 | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...Circolo Italiano Prize of $25 for the best essay of from about 1500 to 4500 wards on a subject "in the general field of Italian culture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $1750 in Prizes Waits for Claiming | 11/10/1949 | See Source »

Previous | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Next