Word: testings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Thus the strike had set up a perfect laboratory in which to test the most cherished and vital belief of all U. S. newspaper publishers: that local business cannot get along without them. Alarming result: it has gotten along quite well. In December, for instance, the bigger stores reported business up 6% over 1937; in January and February it was down 7% to 9% from 1938, about the same as in big-advertising New York City. At the same time merchants have saved up to 50% on their promotion and advertising budgets...
...examinations will consist of two parts: a general test of questions unrelated to any particular field to measure the candidate's aptitude for adjustment to the professional duties of the service, and another examination covering the fundamentals of that particular field which the candidate intends to enter. The first test counts 30 percent, the second 70 percent, and in order to be eligible, the competitor must make a grade equivalent to at least 70 percent in each of these two sections...
...Spring Vacation games which include Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Navy, will give the team its first test under heavy fire. On their later schedule is Boston University, Yale, Dartmouth, M. I. T., Tufts, and some others not yet arranged...
...Moselle Department, along the German border, France planned to hold the biggest air-raid drill and preparedness test yet held. A "state of alert" for 36 hours was ordered...
...victory over the strong Hartford Fencing Club, Coach Rene Peroy's charges are hopeful of one of the best years in Harvard fencing history. Although the team had displayed great promise in its earlier wins over Brown and Bowdoin, the Hartford meet was the first real test of the year...