Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cover of an early manuscript book is a heavy chain, with inch-long links, by which the volume was attached to its shelf in the days before printing had made books plentiful. On the other hand, the exhibit shows, when printing was invented, binders thought that manuscripts were useless and often cut up beautifully illuminated pages to make stiffening for bindings...
...Mcllhenny, who assembled the present show, was to admit only those Daumier items whose authenticity is 100% established. So hard did young Mr. McIlhenny plug at this task of curatorial scholarship that his exhibition is by way of being a landmark in the scientific treatment of art. On the cover of the Daumier catalogue is no lithograph or painting but an X-ray photograph. The X-ray shows a section of the wood panel on which Daumier painted La Blanchisseuse (The Laundress), a celebrated work lent by the Louvre and insured for 3,000,000 francs...
...course there are many other things to do in a competition. Candidates will be sent to get interviews with all types of famous people, to cover sports and talk with coaches, to write feature stories on all sorts of subjects, and do general news gathering...
...groundwork for his drive, Editor Mabley, a 22-year-old Beta Theta Pi, assigned reporters to cover eight Champaign vice resorts. They interviewed inmates, photographed a brothel façade with the madame in the doorway, a college student "planted" on the porch. Fortnight ago the Illini opened its pack of revelations, drew forth these...
...revision of hundreds of rules. Under the Federal law which provides that all regulations must be published immediately in the Federal register, the new air rules must, of necessity, appear piecemeal, while proofreading is progressing on a complete separate booklet of air commerce regulations. The rules effective this week cover eleven chapters dealing with rating of pilots, instructors, mechanics, equipment, repairs and general operating...