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Word: testes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...split-pea industry was seriously threatened by importations from China. A Port Huron, Mich., witness extolled the power-producing qualities of U. S.. split-pea soup. In a test, he said, cross-country runners were fed for 16 days on split-pea soup and they got 65 miles to the gallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Schedule 7 | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...they found that sulphuric or hydrochloric acid would best dissolve the elements of the sputum undesirable in isolating the tuberculosis bacteria, that crystal violet dye best brought out the shape of the germs, that they flourished best on a chunk of potato. Now practically every tuberculosis hunter uses their test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tuberculosis & Tubers | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...four chosen out of 400 applicants for admission to the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio. Morris Gest brought her to the U. S. in the Moscow Art play, Carmencita and Her Soldier; when it was booked in Los Angeles she took a screen test. In California she played the role of the nun in the road company of The Miracle. She was in Forgotten Faces, The Street of Sin. Emil Jannings likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 11, 1929 | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...effect, the Junior divisional test is a line drawn sharply between the realms of generalization and specialization. To pass the examination is to cross the equator dividing two aspects of study which have here become two separate entities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "... NOT IN KIND, BUT IN DEGREE" | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

...will have sufficient background by his Senior year to attempt a specialized job in the form of a thesis, while he is finishing his general work on his field. Each portion of his work should profit from association with the other. The final divisional examination then becomes a true test of general knowledge clarified and made more valuable by concentrated study of a portion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "... NOT IN KIND, BUT IN DEGREE" | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

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