Word: correctable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...National Collegiate Athletic Association Rules, claims that a boxing decision is decided by adding up the scores given by the two judges and the referee and not on a two to one basis. Thus he maintains that the decision in the Olney-Huffman bout in New Haven Saturday was correct...
Molokai Impression Sirs: It is to be regretted that in your interesting and informative article on the "Return of Damien," in TIME, Feb. 3, you did not correct the general impression that the entire island of Molokai is a leper settlement, hence the name "Molokai" a bit loathesome...
...leprous residents on the island of Molokai, and as one of the two physicians on leeward Molokai, I would like to clarify and correct the wrong impressions held by most people on the mainland, which were. no doubt, strengthened after reading your otherwise excellent article on Father Damien. The general impression seems to be that Molokai is inhabited solely, or, at least, largely by lepers...
...French had his own words of hostility toward France in his book, Mein Kampj, which the Germans regard as a sort of bible, and that he had never made the slightest rectification. Hitler pondered a moment, then placed his hand on my arm. He said: You wish me to correct my book, like an author preparing a new edition. I am not an author, but a political man. I am rectifying those statements daily in my foreign policy, which extends amicability towards France. If I succeed in achieving a Franco-German rapprochement, that would be a rectification worthy of being...
...professor at the Law School, in explaining to his class the differences between British and American customs, recounted the well-known episode concerning the American who had experienced his first fox hunt. When the hounds ceased baying, the American inquired of his English friend whether he had followed the correct procedure: "With one exception," answered the latter; "when you see the fox, instead of exclaiming 'There goes that red-haired b----d,' you merely cry 'Tally-ho!'" Shortly afterwards the professor had reached the conclusion of his lecture. As he slowly trudged out of the room, briefcase in hand...