Word: testings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ready explanation. He and Mrs. Taylor had planned to marry shortly, he said, but her two young daughters objected. Because of that, he believed, she had killed herself. Early last week a coroner and a police sergeant went to General Denhardt's farm to make a paraffin test of his hands* which would determine whether he had lately fired...
...General submitted to the test good-humoredly, though protesting that he did not see why it was necessary. Before she was buried, a similar test was made of Mrs. Taylor's hands. Results were to be revealed at an inquest...
...prime reason for returning blue books to whoever wants them, is that only by seeing what he has done wrong in the past, can a student hope to improve his examination technique in the future. Except for senior divisionals, the intrinsic meaning of an examination is not a final test of a man's knowledge, but rather a single hurdle in the race of educational experience. To deny a man access to a paper which will help him plan his study for the next barrier is an abdication of the function of teaching...
...never called anything but an "M. G.,"† is the supreme British bantam sport car and some of the firm's business is in supplying custom-made chassis to road-racing Britons who like to zip and roar. A minuscule M. G. has recently done 140 m.p.h. under test conditions in Germany. Those offered in Manhattan are a super-doodlebug at $1,435, promised to do 83 m.p.h., and a species of semi-sport sedan at $2,550 brought out this year in England for the first time...
...snake-like wriggle. In the white paint are millions of glass beads one twenty-thousandth of an inch in diameter, making the wavy line a streak of fire in the headlights. Observing that 64% of California crashes occur at night, he explained that it would take time to test his signal's efficiency. Typical driver reaction was that of Fire Chief Ralph Scott. Encountering the wriggle for the first time, he snorted to his wife: "You know, I'm not drunk, but that line's moving...