Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...correct TIME'S sloppy work on the Leviathan's obituary: in sea jargon a voyage is a round trip, and Leviathan, as far as available records show, made 161 round trips as an American ship. Before that, as the Vaterland, she went across the Atlantic seven times. Last fortnight she completed her 330th crossing, which will be no round trip...
...encouraging to know that the library authorities are investigating undergraduate suggestions for the limitation of book borrowing to two weeks. Widener this year has been buffeted by criticisms of its poor lighting and the exclusiveness of its stack privileges. But while its guardians may find it difficult to correct structural faults---to cast aside inefficient desk lamps and supply the kind of competent over-head lighting system that delights the denizens of Langdell Hall---still the library overlords can eliminate the blight from borrowing...
What alarmed Parliament were such statistics as these, widely circulated in the British press: From 1934 to 1937 the turnover from football pools rose from ?10,000,000 to ?40,000,000. Mathematical odds against the correct forecast (first prize) are estimated as high as 14,000,000-to-1. Still, there is always that lucky penny that won ?19,000, the sixpence that brought ?30,780. A pool promoter's net profit may run up to ?2,000,000 a season...
...statement that a secret clause virtually established a preferential shop and that this meant that henceforth all new workers would be supplied directly through the unions is not correct," Lowes asserted...
Magnificent is the correct adjective for the story, acting, and directing as well as for the philosophy of "The Magnificent Obsession," the feature currently being revived at the Hub. Starring Robert Taylor, who proves conclusively that he is more than a pretty face, and Irene Dunne, who is certainly one of Hollywood's most versatile and talented actresses, this is an outstanding film. No one who missed "The Magnificent Obsession" two years ago should fail to go to the Hub this week...