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Word: terme (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...feel that I should add my tuppence ha' penny worth to the Cause of the koala [TIME, Nov. 16, et seq.] As a resident of Australia for 14 years I have had first-hand experience with the "Joey." The term "Teddy Bear" is an American importation and is not used "down under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Man of the Year (Cont'd) | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

...head of the Nicaraguan National Guard, created and trained by U. S. Marines during the seven-year U. S. occupation, Rebel Somoza last June virtually seized control of Nicaragua (TIME, June 8 et seq.). He forced Liberal President Juan Bautista Sacasa to quit before his term had expired, made it necessary for Congress to appoint Dr. Carlos Brenes Jarquin Provisional President to fill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Rebel-President | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

Many regarded Johnson's first term as almost miraculous. The box office had soared, the deficit had fallen to the lowest in four years. He had tried to build up the orchestra, encouraged the energetic if occasionally ragged American Ballet. The spring season gave hopes of being an excellent proving ground for U. S. talent. Most important was the reanimated public that seemed to awaken once more to opera. A few grumbled that Johnson's first season had been the most conventional in Metropolitan history. No premieres had been produced. Not one opera was put on unless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Met's Metamorphosis | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

Melone suggested that the By-Laws be so changed as to provide for the election of Juniors to the Album Committee at the same time that the senior elections are held, namely in the third week of the second term. Juniors are now elected during the fourth week after the spring vacation and do not assume any active duties until the next year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIORS TO TAKE ACTIVE SHARE ON ALBUM COMMITTEE | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

Although undergraduate tutoring bureaus appear in some form on most sizable U. S. campuses, they are actually characteristic only of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, where students have enough distractions and enough money to make them a paying convenience. They are often found running in conjunction with full term cram schools which prepare athletes for college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Councilors & Tutors | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

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