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Word: supporter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Robert Wadlow was 9 years old he was taller than his father and could toss him around. He stood 6 ft. and weighed 178 Ib. The "express wagon" he played with was guaranteed to support the weight of three grown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Alton Giant | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

...potassium, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, iron, boron, manganese, copper, zinc. Wire netting is stretched over the top of the tanks and packed with excelsior or sawdust in which the seeds are planted and from which roots sprout down into the water. This bed of litter on the netting serves to support the stalks after the plants are grown. Each tank has an area of .01 acre. In one of these Dr. Gericke grew 1,224 lb. of tomatoes, in another 26 bushels of potatoes along with a small stand of corn and beans. Corn and other grains will grow in nutrient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hydroponics | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

Those who are acquainted merely with the names of guests do not know their ready acceptance of invitations to the Conference. The hearty support and critical thinking, contributed by busy men in government and private business, have infused life into an institution that otherwise would be, by the second year of its existence, little more than a meaningless shell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREETINGS | 2/26/1937 | See Source »

...brawny shoulder put to the wheel by the professors of the three colleges hardly requires mention, so obvious is the fruit of their effort. Little less apparent is the zestful work of editors of the "Daily Princetonian" and the "Yale News", and the slowly-realized but now effective support of the undergraduates in the three colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREETINGS | 2/26/1937 | See Source »

...support their brief that the contract was void the legalists cited the Contract Labor Law of 1885 which voids contracts entered into with aliens prior to entry into the U. S. Revised in 1917, the law permits U. S. appearances of professional actors, artists and singers, also entry of fair & exposition performers contracted by an alien exhibitor. What Judge Barnes had to decide this week is whether the statute bars such contracts secured by a U. S. promoter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Spear v. Dionne, et al. | 2/22/1937 | See Source »

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