Word: correctable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...least afraid of incurring libel suits, for he claims to have consulted legal authorities on the matter. "Also, the school committee probably realizes that you should never sue a person for libel, for he's 'libel' to prove he's correct," punned Kerins...
THANKS FOR THE SEND-OFF UNDER PRESS [TIME, JAN. 16] BUT PLEASE PERMIT ME TO CORRECT THE IMPRESSION THAT MY MOTHER IS WIDOWED OR A TIMES STOCKHOLDER. FOR 19 YEARS SHE HAS HAD A SWELL HUSBAND NAMED GAVIN HAMILTON BUT SHE HAS NEVER OWNED A PENNY'S WORTH OF A SWELL PAPER NAMED THE TIMES...
When Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was revived on Broadway fortnight ago, New York Times Critic Brooks Atkinson reviewed it as though it were a new play, wound up by suggesting that Wilde showed promise. So many readers have telephoned in to correct Atkinson's "mistake" that the Times editorially made clear that he was spoofing...
...suggest that TIME's book reviewer, as well as Novelist Burt, acquaint himself with Montana geography. Pumpkin Creek, the correct name for which is Pumpkin Vine Creek, does not join Powder River! This creek flows into the Tongue River approximately ten miles south of the confluence of the Tongue and Yellowstone Rivers...