Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...find it once more my duty to correct your news and warn you about your editorial hot-airs. A year and a half ago you published some mistaken news or rather a rotten material about His Imperial Majesty, Reza Shah Pahlavi of Persia, the leader of our youth and a genius of his age. As a warning to you, I corrected your news and warned you to be careful with regard to the news concerning world figures, such as our most beloved leader...
...hand-out.' Even the British correspondents often consulted the tabled figures supplied by Mr. Shearer and were forced to admit they were correct...
...year after the Geneva meeting. Ambassador Gibson, at Brussels, speaking to a friend about Mr. Shearer, said: 'Whatever criticism may have been leveled against the press of America on his account, all I can say is that the information he handed out was correct...
...your Aug. 19 issue, p. 10, under "Crime," you state that one of Superintendent of Prisons Sanford Bates' "methods for relieving prison congestion is to increase paroles now limited by the scarcity of probation officers. President Hoover last week promised him more of these officers." This is all correct, but your readers may be confused as others I know have been, into thinking that Mr. Bates' recommendation, which the President is backing, means the release from the Federal prisons sooner and oftener. This is not the idea at all. Superinintendent Bates is recommending as the National Probation Association has been...
Dances. The Highland Fling, the Irish Jig, Sailor's Hornpipe and the Sword Dance were among the dances. Dancers were judged for ease and grace, correct costume, expressive "hauling" and "heaving." The sword dancer, who dances over a naked sword crossing its sheath, must not touch either, but must dance fast, with abandon. Best-Dressed Highlander. He must own his clothes. His shoes must be low-cut brogues without buckles. The kilt must be made of his clan tartan, worn plain, no bows, no ribbons. The sporran (bag) must be of mottled leather or fur. If fur, the animal must...