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...TIME'S ear for onomatopoeia it seems that the difference between "chaunking" and "chomping" lies in whether the apple-eater keeps his lips open or shut during mastication. Polite, Ambassador Edge chomps, with lips shut.- ED. Jump Gadgets Sirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...Glass Eater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 7, 1931 | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

...Valley Stream, N. Y., George Bishop tried to commit suicide by grinding up five electric light bulbs and eating them. Doctors found he had only a slight case of indigestion. Glass Eater Bishop used to eat glass in a side show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 7, 1931 | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

Last summer Dr. Brooks toured Europe. Impatiently trying to help move some baggage, he ruptured himself. He was operated upon in September. From then until January he was active in the campaign which raised $500,000 to liquidate Baylor's debts. Then he was ordered to rest. A hearty eater but never active in sports, he was wasting away. An exploratory incision last fortnight revealed the cancerous condition of his abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bravery at Baylor | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

...after death." Few men have a better right than Einstein to fear and dislike the Press. He calls it a "distorting mirror," hopes radio will be a better international language. Everybody knows Einstein is a Zionist, but perhaps not so many realize he is a militant pacifist. Of Fire-eater Hitler he takes a long and contemptuous view: "Hitler is living-or shall I say sitting?-on the empty stomach of Germany. As soon as economic conditions improve, Hitler will sink into oblivion. He dramatizes impossible extremes in an amateurish manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Einstein Obiter Dicta | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

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