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Word: whereases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yet Dr. Einstein, snug last week in his Berlin Tower, was somewhat restless. "[We do] not describe Nature, but merely expectations from Nature," he said. "Whereas the aim of Science is to describe the things themselves, not merely the probability of their happening. . . ." He is confident that there is a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Past As Uncertain As Future | 3/30/1931 | See Source »

PERHAPS the most valuable instrument in the hands of the historian is "time". It is easy to censure or to praise from the safe distance of four or five decades, whereas the contemporary critic is in constant danger of blemishing his own reputation. Mr. Muir bore this in mind when...

Author: By E. E. M., | Title: BOOKENDS | 3/25/1931 | See Source »

Already, the two houses have developed squads that compare very favorably with the squads of the three upper classes. In football in the past few years, an average of 45 men have reported regularly daily for practice in the three upper classes, whereas last fall 40 men were practicing daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Inter-House Athletics Will Replace Class System Next Year," Says Samborski--House Squads Larger Than Class | 3/19/1931 | See Source »

"And whereas it is a laudable Custom in Universities whereby Learning has been encouraged & advanced to confer Academical Degrees or Titles on those who be their Proficiency as to Knowledge in Theology, Law, Physick, Mathematicks or Philosophy have been judged worthy thereof. It is hereby Enacted and Ordained That ye...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Harvard Charter Ever Gave College Authority to Grant Honorary Degrees | 3/17/1931 | See Source »

City employment committees have cut in on the number of jobs to be found there much as they have here. This same condition extends into other fields; for example, the United States post offices were ordered not to hire unmarried men for the Christmas rush, whereas in the past a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sharpe Finds Number of Applicants for Student Employment Substantially Increased and Number of Jobs Has Decreased | 3/17/1931 | See Source »

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