Word: adventism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...advent of Ballyhoo had nothing to do with Life's change, according to the publishers. Newsstand sales did suffer in the week of Ballyhoo's first issue (TIME, July 6) but they have been slightly above normal since then, possibly because Ballyhoo stimulated the demand for funny magazines...
Last week, four weeks after its impressive advent upon the national banking scene, National Credit Corp. made a report about itself, told how it was getting on, what it was doing. John Maffit Miller Jr., N. C. C. director in the Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond, Va.) arose before the Investment Bankers Association in convention at White Sulphur Springs and reported...
Reds Waiting. Roaming Mr. Chen has been at Moscow as well as Tokyo. If Baron Shidehara welcomed last week the advent of a Chinese realist with whom he could negotiate, the Japanese Foreign Minister did not welcome a possibility that Mr. Chen may have obtained promises of Soviet backing...
This might have caused countless horses to turn in their glue pots, for it is the ultimate disgrace since the advent of the horseless buggy. Ever since the horse lost the rest of its toos, it has trod on them to oblivion. Soon the use of the horse will become a fond memory, along with the mustacho cup; and legend will have Lady Godiva ride a tricycle through the storm of ticker tape that greeted her for her non-stop flightiness...
...American universities, this innovation will aid in stimulating debating wherever it is used. There could be no greater thrill for a debater than that of talking and being answered across an ocean. It is undeniable that a public speaker is inspired by the reaction of his audience. With the advent of radio as a forensic medium this will be denied him. But there will remain the satisfaction of speaking to an almost unlimited public both in this country and in England...