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Word: truth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although the University's close listedness still remains a generally accepted truth, it is something of a relief to discover that the wage scale for Yale's biddies is lower than Harvard's. Apparently, two of America's most reputable educational institutions are fighting neck and neck for the "honor" of being the stingiest employers in the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEAT YALE | 4/29/1930 | See Source »

...about the so-called body politic at Yale and not worry about being contradicted is that said body politic has plenty of sales resistance. In fact it seems doubtful if there is a group of people anywhere which is less susceptible to crazes and innovations that Yale undergraduates. The truth of this can be seen in the way students became interested in the House Plan, about six months after the News had tried to work up interest, and almost eight months after the Plan has first been announced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 4/23/1930 | See Source »

...other words: no honor to Capone but truth to the public! I was indeed shocked to see the little boy's picture on your cover-not because it was a crime but because few people have the nerve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 21, 1930 | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

...subscription runs until December 1931, and if TIME continues to portray truth with its present small percentage of human errors it will continue to run while there is a five-spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 21, 1930 | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

...President Herbert Hoover, engineer, by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Said President Hoover addressing his professional colleagues: "In solving problems of government we have need for a large leavening of the engineering knowledge and engineering attitude of mind. . . . They are unsolvable without the fundamental engineers' approach to truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Saved: One Billion | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

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