Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were lost once for five weeks," said Dr. McGovern in reply to a question. "The South American has too much imagination. Not satisfied to leave blank the unexplored part of his continent, he fills the map with detail. When one reached a point where the map shows a river, but there is none, it causes uncomfortable confusion. We had to live on monkey meat and caterpillars, great fuzzy ones. I never thought they would be so tough, but these took a lot of chewing...
Gamache announced the organization of the Committee as follows: Isadore Zarakov '27, class history editor, H.R. Wood '27, business manager, E.H. Bailey '27, life blank editor, L.H. Gordon '27, photographic editor...
...Committee has sent out about 850 envelopes, each envelope containing a life blank; a circular letter of instruction, a subscription card, and a return envelope. Men graduating at midyears are specially urged to return their life blanks at once. Those men who are engaged or expect to engage in winter or spring activities should not hesitate to fill out their life blanks immediately, as their future activities will be added by the Committee...
Members of the Danville, Ill., Rotary clubassembled last week to behold a marvel. Awe was in every heart as a man stood among them, all unafraid, and bade an assistant fire revolver bullets at him point blank. "Blam! Blam-blam!" The Rotarians could scarcely believe their eyes as the bullets quite obviously smote their target and still he stood unhurt. The Rotarians drew closer . . . "Blam-blam!" . . . and soon three of them were writhing with pain. Baker Walter C. Spitz, Banker John Telling and Reporter H. V. Streeter suffered cuts, scratches and contusions as chunks of lead, ricocheting from the entertainer...
...exhibition in the Treasure Room of Widener Library this week. The diaries contain not only accounts of the journey, but also maps, profile sections, and travelling directions. An early and much interlined draft of "Lord Jim" is also being exhibited. This draft is scribbled in a commonplace blank book which contains a few extracts in Polish, possibly in his mother's hand...