Word: americus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Said the Americus (Ga.) Times Recorder: "We rather think it a case of religious fanaticism running wild. Pardue is . . . wrapped in his little shell of self-conceit . . . he used underhand methods . . . he soiled the cloth he wears. And what good has his babbling accomplished? . . . He created a furor in his woodland village and he had the pleasure of seeing his name and picture in the papers. . . . For a few days he was a big pig in a little...
...Tarlac, Philippine Islands, one Colonel Wolfson visited a high school, was invited to examine the pupils. Said he: "I will give a peso (50 cents) to any one who can memorize my full name in 15 minutes." He then took chalk, wrote on the blackboard: Josephus Adolphus Americus Vespucius Leonidus Wol-sicanius Alexandricus Naptalicus Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Wolfson, read amazement on the students' faces, left the room. In 15 minutes, he returned, collected papers. Out of 33 who tried, 23 had memorized his name perfectly...
...university wrestlers are practicing dally, under the supervision of the newly appointed coach, Gus Schoenstein of Baltimore, better known to wrestling fans as "Americus...