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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...burn it because I have no reason for satisfying morbid public curiosity.' After this arrogant comment . . ." etc. Of course I am wrong in thinking Sir Basil's comment not arrogant that arrogant implied overbearing assertion of superiority, of others' rights not recognized, that haughty would be better here, that haughty implies only a consciousness of superiority. Wrong words in wrong places keep TIME from the best tables. Haughtily, RODERICK BISSELL JONES Winstead, Conn...
Sirs : TIME for Nov. 14, 1927, p. 29: "Alone, he drank a bathroom germicide and died quickly." To say "a bathroom germicide" is better than to name a specific poison. But for reasons which you no doubt appreciate, the more indefinite such reports, the better. Why not say "he took a poison"? Or, better yet, "he was found dead"? There are some interesting statistics on the relation of suicide incidence to publicity - sorry I haven't the references. THOMAS C. MCVEAGH, M.D. Honolulu, Hawaii. No circumlocution would change the fact that the crippled boy committed suicide, nor deter...
...prison. There the young-old man visited her again. Taking refuge in prayer, she saved her own soul from the Devil. Angels came and rejoiced. Her seducer, young no more, had to go to Hell to pay the Devil's bargain. . . . President and Mrs. Coolidge, and the better part of distinguished Washington, last week enjoyed an enactment of this old tale-the tale of Dr. Faustus, legendary German philosopher, modified from Poet Goethe's tragedy for Composer Gounod's opera and re-modified into English, for the opening night of the American Opera Co. at Poli...
...Arts and Sciences, the standard of exemption from English A of students entering the College has been raised five points. Last year, with the abolition of the anticipatory examinations which had been in force previously, a new system was adopted whereby a mark of 70 per cent or better in his College entrance examinations would excuse a student from his usual Freshman English requirement. For the coming year the work will have to be 75 per cent to procure the student's exemption...
...Here, you had better drink this. Now you had better undress...