Word: doubtedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: I am one subscriber who has no fault to find with TIME : your idiosyncrasies sometimes irritate my personal taste, as those of other people do; just as mine no doubt irritate theirs-life is like that, thank God ; the world would be a dusty place if all tastes were alike. De gustibus non disputandum. One of the most entertaining features of your magazine is the uproar of people who insist upon disputanding other people's gustibusses. I find delight in watching that weekly circus, even if you do sometimes allow too many encores, permitting obvious pinheads to overstay...
...Mexico, the Calles government having approved Mr. Morrow, Business was pleased. Labor was suspicious. But neither committed what one politely dubious editorial called "the discourtesy and injustice of placing in doubt the qualities which distinguished Mr. Morrow...
...preached. Men, as a rule, did not like him. After a period of years he found himself at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, the pastor of a flock of golden sheep, from whose charge he derived a yearly income of $20,000, even now a generous stipend for any preacher. No doubt Henry Ward Beecher deserved such recompense for his services; he was called the most eloquent preacher since St. Paul; women fainted when he shouted and roared. Not content with the homage he had already received, he must enlarge his influence; with this in mind he began to publish...
...Freshman three years ago and the next year as a University regular he won for himself the name of one of the leading Crimson backs of recent years. But ineligibility forced Crosby out of the regular gridiron work last year and it is still a matter of doubt whether or not he can regain his former form after a year's comparative lay-off. But whether he reaches the heights he touched two years ago again or not Crosby is bound to be a dangerous threat to opposing teams this year, and is likely to improve greatly as the season...
...still played with the usual bow, but its qualities in both lyrical tone and resonance are far better adapted to jazz than those of the violin. I have ordered six which ought to be here in a few days, and I have no doubt that in a year or so this instrument will be an essential part of every jazz orchestra in the country...