Word: corrective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would be possible to follow the names of great men or places unfamiliar to schoolchildren with the pronunciation. This would be very helpful in a class where TIME is used for current events, for if the pupil is uncertain he asks teacher-and who is he to know the correct pronunciation of a Chinese General's name, a Nicaraguan rebel's name, a famed War Minister of France, a potent German financier...
...timer here wants to correct you concerning the Alberta ranch of H. M. S. Prince of Wales [TIME, Aug. 22]. The ranch in question belonged to old George Lane whose brand was EP on the left flank. Therefore his holdings became known as the EP ranch...
...generally receives every advantage of generous production and intelligent direction. Last year he gave Deep River, the Stallings-Harling opera of native music. With George Manker Watters. he collaborated in writing Burlesque. Probably the common inference that Mr. Watters wrote the play and Mr. Hopkins rewrote it, is correct...
...this last sentence is untrue, so let's correct it and say: "It was not-and is not-the highest standard-gauge railroad in the world...
...necessitate for her a courageously thoughtful analysis of love, sex and the creative application of energy. Assisted by Mr. Sempack, Cynthia and Philip convert Philip's defection into a beginning of wisdom for her, of action for him. They are closer than ever when he goes to London to correct the capitalistic errors of his collier-uncle...