Word: authorative
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ferdinand Lundberg, belligerent young author of America's 60 Families, and Vanguard Press, his publisher, were sued last week for $150,000 libel by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Reason for the suit was not that Author Lundberg placed the Du Ponts ninth among his 60 families, but that he gave the Du Pont Company as the correct answer to the question which appeared in the book's advertisements: "What industrial corporation engaged in war work was charged by the U. S. Government with billing it $75 for the burial of each of its employes...
Born 50 years ago in Australia, George Eric MacDonnell Jauncey arrived in the U. S. in 1914, studied at Lehigh, joined the Washington University staff in 1920. He likes detective stories and P. G. Wodehouse, is the author of some 75 technical articles and of Modern Physics, a popular college textbook. He realizes quite well the need for further checking of his findings. "I'm out on a limb now," he said philosophically last week. "I hope this thing stands up." He also said that he had got his original hunch while reading TIME'S story...
Spectacled, wide-mouthed George Denny, who acknowledges as his chief inspiration Nicholas Murray Butler, says he bars stuffed shirts and academicians from his programs. He also says he would rather put on Author Will Durant than Philosopher John Dewey. He admits his debates supply listeners with little information but conceives his role as that of stimulator. Mr. Denny wants his 3,000,000 auditors to be open-minded above all. An indefatigable user of hair tonics, bald Mr. Denny...
Morison's subject will be "What is Dramatic Verse." He is the author of several books, including "Notes on Life and Death...
...overseer of Harvard, Castle is now a member of John D. M. Hamilton's National Republican Committee. He was ambassador to Japan in 1930, and is the author of several books on the Far East...