Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...high time that TIME and TIME-Reader Shishkin get time straight. Assuming that both refer to the Christian Era ("the penultimate year of the 20th Century's fourth decade," TIME, Jan. 1 and Jan. 15), I have spread my fingers and counted...
Time minded TIME readers would like to see TIME mind time. Whatever 1939 was, it was not "the penultimate year of the 20th Century's fourth decade" (TIME, Jan. 1). Being the 40th year of the 20th Century, 1939 was definitely ultimate. So, drop the pen, spread the fingers and count...
Sirs: TIME Dec. 25, p. 26: "obsquatulate his opponent." NUTS. Webster's 20th Century Unabridged Dictionary does not even give "obsquatulate," does give "absquatulate" meaning to leave suddenly, to decamp. Says it's slang...
Swanee River (20th Century...
...great collection of Byron's letters owned by Publisher John Murray. His Byron: The Years of Fame was the sprightly result; his preoccupation with the 18th Century followed. In the spirit of the age, Quennell has rapidly taken three wives, all blondes and beauties. As a 20th-century Englishman short of cash, he works full time for an advertising agency (now moved to Brighton...