Word: correctable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have made over about 40 men who come voluntarily, besides those who have some definite faults to correct. They come mostly because they are interested in improving their writing, and yet have no time to take the extra courses which they want", Mr. McMullen explained. "They are those who realize that English F, as the Committee is called, is a help and not a penalty...
...contradictions. On the Oklahoma stump he dresses in the cheapest, sloppiest clothes, is careless in speech, indulges in vulgar mannerisms. But when he visited Washington last month and addressed an audience of cultured women he would have been almost unrecognizable to his Oklahoma friends. His diction was as correct as his clothes. His shoes were shined; a white handkerchief bobbed from his breast pocket; gone was the old sweat-stained felt hat. He won respect and admiration. Such is his showman...
...notable exchange occurred when he drew a chair with horizontal back slats. She sketched that kind of chair back. But it did not seem correct. She made another picture with the chair slats vertical (see cut), felt better. Mr. Irwin had drawn his chair while looking through the vertical bars which composed the foot...
Treasure Hunt. Few years ago the party game of "treasure hunt" (pursuit of a prize by discovery and correct interpretation of successive cryptic clues concealed throughout a house or over the countryside) was made more elaborate by using automobiles. Last week the Pylon Club of Philadelphia, organization of sportsman pilots, applied the game to the air. Sample clue: "Fly 5° south of east for approximately 8 min. where you will pick up a Catholic Church located between two golf courses. From this church, lay a course 25° east of north. . . . You will come to an airport where...
...more sincere than I in admiration for the ability of this splendid team. I deeply regret the misunderstanding which has arisen. Will you be so kind as to correct this unfortunate impression by printing this letter. Sincerely. Louis Balsan. Captain of the French bobsled team...