Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...book in nearly four columns. . . . Such a book in any common use of the word is not "good" and should not be considered or advertised as "Cream." Such contradictions hurt TIME by destroying confidence. It hurts the reader by his losing a guide to good books. It hurts the author of the book . . . and it hurts the publishers, who with the authors are trying by all sorts of schemes to get more readers for their nasty, offensive literature...
...Baptist ministers. All my living brothers are Baptist ministers and there has been a constant stream of Baptist ministers walking through my house for years.... I have never known one like Elmer Gantry. It [the book] was obviously written by Sinclair Lewis when he was in a rage. The author was literally foaming at the mouth...
Zane Grey, author: "My son is only 16 but he is as fine a fisherman as I. Last week as we cruised the South Sea Islands in my yacht Fisherman, he hooked a 640-pound thresher shark.* After a 17-hour battle the fish was landed; it is said to be the largest of its kind ever caught...
...examined the exhibition in the honor of President Eliot. Among the volumes on show are two tremendous books of autographs, containing the signatures of almost every American who has made a name for himself during the last 50 or 60 years. Every autograph recalls the name of some statesman, author, educator, scholar or other leader in the world of action or thought. It is a comprehensive review in American History, just to let the pages slip through one's fingers...
...fought in the Civil War, retiring as a Major. Professor Sargent received numerous awards for his work and was the author of many books on the study of botanical subjects, on which he was considered the leading authority...