Word: columnized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eight weeks delay while awaiting replacement of a lost filling, drilling-out of a cavity, or a cleaning job seems a long, long time. Of course, really important emergency work of any sort gets immediate treatment, but the routine repair cases find themselves at the bottom of an interminable column of names. And, though perhaps to a lesser extent, medical care of a less-than-immediate danger involves a long gap between application and appointment...
Before the war made him famous, the late Ernie Pyle roamed the U.S. grinding out daily columns that were part travelogue, part a oneman Gallup poll, part homely philosophizing. Last week another short, shy newsman was making a career out of the same kind of dream assignment. Jack Dadswell's column, "Roving with Dadswell," only six months old, now appears in 40 little newspapers from Maine to Florida...
...diamond for $25 from a mysterious Mexican, discovered it was a zircon "not worth a buck." He has the reckless savvy of the smart fellow who retires on his earnings (he did in 1926, 1938, 1945), and then shows up broke for a fresh start. But if his new column brings him another competence, Dadswell insists it will have to come from little papers. He has promised never to raise his rates ($10 monthly for papers under 10,000 circ.). In his growing string he is proudest of the Cambridge (Md.) Banner, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times and the Bradenton...
Veterans interested in applying should consult the CRIMSON's notice column, which is currently running information concerning applications for scholarships. F. S. von Stade, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Scholarships in Harvard College...
From Dave Egan's column "The Colonel Says" in the Boston Daily Record...