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Word: whethers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public opinion that the U. S. verges on war on the side of the democracies against the dictators does not mean that the U. S. wants to go to war. On the question of whether the U. S. should remain neutral in another European War, 69% of the Gallup questionees voted yes and 95% would not "go into another such war as 1917." The evidence therefore indicates that while practically nobody in the U. S. wants to fight, one man out of two thinks he will have to and one out of three has a good idea whom it will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Who's for War? | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...bare-faced lie. In the theatre, the "importance" of a character depends solely on how much he matters to an audience. By the time John Mason, having reached his office, tiptoes in to ask his boss for two weeks off in which to take a honeymoon, the question of whether he will get it or not will matter, to the average cinemaddict, almost as much as though the honeymoon were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...Only sure, scientific method of determining whether an organ is cancerous is microscopic analysis. With a sharp, hollow steel needle a pathologist draws from a suspected growth a bit of living tissue, which is immediately frozen by a stream of carbon dioxide from a high-pressure tank. Then it is cut into thin sections and mounted on a microscope slide. The whole procedure takes only a few minutes, is usually performed while a patient lies on the operating table. If microscopic examination shows that the cells are malignant, a surgeon can start to operate at once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer Handbook | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...main butt of Hocking's attack was Japan. He wondered whether we should "continue to supply her with scientific equipment to ruin her more civilized neighbor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Men Support Bridgman On Anti-Totalitarian Ultimatum | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...Whether or not the Teachers' Oath will ever be repealed in Massachusetts may be determined by the outcome of today's vote for reconsideration of the bill which was defeated in the House last Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fate of Teachers' Oath Will Hinge on House Vote Today | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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