Word: attested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From London Edward of Wales motored to Windsor. Thence in one of his planes he and the Duke of York flew to Sandringham. There waited the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, who must attest each royal birth and death. Ready on parchment were words hailing "the high and mighty Prince" on his becoming "our only lawful and rightful Liege . . . by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India...
...becomes a noisome commercial means to a selfish end. Advertisers should realize that circulation figures of publications for which there is no charge are entirely in the hands of the publishers, consequently, of no value. The large piles of unclaimed free Guides on the House periodical shelves should attest this fact. If the publishers still feel in the mood to foist their unfunny copy on the University without the revenue derived from advertising, then and only then will their publication be justified. Then, perhaps, they may call their magazines...
...Hail, my Labormen!" cried the Realmleader, bursting with honest pride. "Hail, My Leader!" roared 52,000 young throats, then chanted in unison: "One Leader! One Reich! Deutschland uber Attest Heil Hitler...
...students who have gone through the threes of passing off their science requirement can attest to the necessity of either revising or abolishing the present requisites. For the most part the science taken by those students who have no special interest in the field is only provocative of the slightest bit of scientific thinking and is definitely a bore to the uninterested student...
Anyone registered in an elementary course, especially in the science departments, can attest to the uninteresting and often inefficient manner in which classes or laboratories are conducted. The reason lies very often, not in the nature of the subject, but in the absence of necessary qualifications in the instructor...