Word: authorization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Practice varies about pointing and crying out. Some hold that these trimmings make "Babbitt" more exhilarating. The original Babbitt-George F.-as created by Author Sinclair Lewis, possessed the following: Head-large, pink, heavy. Hair-brown, thin, dry. Nose-Sloping, blunt, heavy spectacle-dented. Chin-overfleshed, strong. Cheeks-pads. Hands-puffy, unroughened. Body-well-fed. Legs-thick. Feet-plump. Expression in slumber-babyish. Expression in thought-"gets things done." General expression - extremely married, prosperous. Clothes - standard, brown or gray; white piping in vest. (He would feel naked without fountain pen and silver pencil in vest pocket.) Neck-tie-purple knitted...
...caught TIME'S style. His production of snappy copy has averaged as well if not better than any issue of TIME. You will be frank to admit, I am sure, that not all of your staff members can maintain the swift pace set for them by the master author of TIME'S unique manner of expression. You are fortunate in having this series in the hands of one who could take his place among your capable group of reporters without your readers ever missing a bit of your clever flow of prose...
...Democrats arose, glanced as usual with real pleasure at their copy of the New York World. Knowing from experience that the World would let no day go by without chucking the Administration under the chin, they turned confidently to the editorial page, ran expectant gaze over a column captioned "Author! Author!" Could it be true? The opening paragraph ran, ". . . Mr. Coolidge really ought to think twice about making such a speech as he made Tuesday evening. Another speech like this one, and first thing Mr. Coolidge knows he may have a suit for plagiarism on his hands, brought...
...that it might be judiciously applied to the former. With 23,000 scientific periodicals published in the world annually, "the mind stands appalled at the prospects . . .even in so short a time as 100 years hence." Idle Rich. The economics division was addressed by distinguished Sir Josiah Stamp, co-author of the Dawes Plan anent the "idle" rich. Sir Josiah doubted that this much maligned class of British society numbered over 1,000 able-bodied persons. He demonstrated that if all British incomes from ?250 ($1217. 50) upward were pooled, the income per family would not exceed five shillings...
...Florida Water and Fragrance" [article by "C. W. Barren" for C. W. Barren, president of the Wall Street Journal, author of many articles analyzing Florida]. "Those who do not like Gory Cables can go to hell. Fifty million dollars have already been spent on this Elysium. Most of this has been for publicity. ... On the highest point, which is approximately five feet eight inches above mean, low down, dirty sea level, they are going to build a beautiful early Spanish missing-style $10,000,000.35 insane asylum. They got the idea from Dr. [Roach] Straton when he was down here...