Word: digesting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...allies by our side. We wish that the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Scribners, were with us. We wish that the Nation, the New Republic, the Outlook (Lyman Abbott must have turned over in his grave when that paper recently became the most liquor-soaked organ in the country), the Literary Digest, TIME, the Forum, the World Tomorrow, or any other of the major weeklies were with us. But they are not. One dares to hope that among them one or two converts may yet be made...
...Aviation Country Clubs, decided that a magazine of quality would help interest the wealthy in flying, founded The Sportsman Pilot. Neither magazine made money. Last week both were purchased by gruff-voiced, genial Frank A. Tichenor whose business is publishing, who has made a success of his Aero Digest. Under Publisher Tichenor, The Sportsman Pilot will retain most of its present form. In Fore an' Aft increasing emphasis will be laid upon seaplaning, water-gliding, air-yachting. Editorially, Publisher Tichenor, disciple of Col. William ("Billy") Mitchell, will continue in all three to hammer upon his favorite notes: "To develop...
...moved into the old diggings last night and found things much as he had left them. There, perhaps, he can light his pipe and put his feet upon the mantle with the old spirit and find time to digest a bit of his learning. When, and if, he gets back from New Haven Sunday he'd be glad to see a few of the old friends at the old stand...
...column is much like a miniature edition of the 15-minute news summary, in machine-gun stream of syllables, which Reporter Gibbons gave as a daily radio broadcast for The Literary Digest last spring. In an effort to recapture the breathlessness, the staccato note, of the Gibbons chatter, the Evening World separates the paragraphs with drawn lightning-flashes...
...having good food and plenty of it. They do not have to skimp themselves because their allowance is nearly exhausted. Regularly is important. The training table assures a regular meal hour for all the men. This is important in making certain that all players will have had time to digest their food before the practice hour. Some of the football men work as waiters in restaurants and dining clubs in Hanover. During football season they are relieved of this burden which would prevent their obtaining the prescribed twenty minutes rest before meals and would necessitate eating hurried and often cold...