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...West Point the band will spell out "10,000 Men of Harvard," complete with comma, and will present a medley of Harvard songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Will Appear at West Point in Flannel Blazers | 10/18/1935 | See Source »

...Stanley of Morgan Stanley & Co. (there is no comma, no hyphen) was the Morgan utility expert, having been admitted to partnership in 1928 when the firm was exploring the power industry. His father was William Stanley, engineer, inventor (thermos bottles) and founder of what is now General Electric's works in Pittsfield, Mass. Born nearly 50 years ago in Great Barrington, Mass., Son Harold was the eldest in a family of nine, and his brother Clarance is now head of the Mellons' Union Trust Co. in Pittsburgh. After graduation from Yale where he led the intercollegiate championship hockey team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: House Divided | 9/16/1935 | See Source »

...degree: the twelve regional Reserve Banks would still initiate their rediscount rates, would have five votes out of twelve in controlling open-market operations; power of the Reserve Board to alter reserve requirements would be limited. In short, save for its title, there was hardly a word or a comma of the Eccles bill remaining and Senator Glass got this much-altered measure reported unanimously to the Senate (TIME, July 15). Such was the first political miracle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: One Day, Two Miracles | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

...reminded to inquire why the dot and comma hounds in your editorial department overlooked TIME'S negligence in reporting the National Conference on Slum Clearance which was held in Cleveland, Thursday and Friday, July 6 and 7-the first convention of its kind- and which brought together 420 of the nation's foremost housing experts, city planners, and social workers, from 34 key cities of the country. Out here in the provinces, we thought this quite a TIME-worthy event, and our citizen committee which arranged the conference under the auspices of the city government was disappointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Domestics Under the Eagle | 8/21/1933 | See Source »

...over there to Tokio and flatten them all out just like that", said Wing Kee, expert Cantabridgian laundryman in an interview yesterday, punctuating his remarks by tearing buttons off a shirt he was operating upon; one button for a comma, two for a period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chinese Man In The Street Gives Version of Simo--Japanese Conflict--Wing Kee, Laundry Expert Visions Bombing Raid | 3/2/1932 | See Source »

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