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Word: survey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...survey of undergraduate greed yesterday played havoe with service in House Dining Halls, as waitresses were ordered to secure a signature for every second helping and every dish not included on the menu. The white, "No Charge" slips had then to be approved by the head waitress before the order could be served...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Dining Halls Emerge From Flurry of White Slips | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

...field of broadcasting technique three subjects have been chosen for experimentation: dramatization of democracy on the air; survey programs of Non England regional problems such as tariff; and the effect of propaganda on different audiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radio Workshop Committee Reveals Plans for Research in Social Science | 3/2/1939 | See Source »

...Conference was the mosquito problem. According to conservationists, drainage ditches of the eastern U. S. (end to end, they would belt the world at the equator three times) have dried up swamp vegetation, starved out wildlife. And all for nothing, according to Dr. Clarence Cottam, chief of the Biological Survey's division of food habits. Said he: "The millions of dollars spent on mosquito control had resulted in more U. S. mosquitoes last year than there had been in the previous ten." Some of the mosquito projects, he said, were "comparable to curing dandruff by scalping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Wildlife Conference | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

WASHINGTON--The Republican National Committee tonight said that's survey of the November elections shows that 21 states now are "unquestionably" Republican and that the party is within 45 electoral votes of the majority needed to win the white House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republicans Hopeful | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...statement analyzing the survey, the committee challenged President Roosevelt's contention that Democratic defeats in the general election resulted chiefly from local issues. The survey maintained that Republican gains were national, not local, and attempted to prove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republicans Hopeful | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

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