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...that one can not be annoyed with the author, one case excepted, when he alludes to the famous five letter word of Cambronne; but since the word evokes much laughter from the insanely practical Frenchmen, one may strike on the solution of this little mystery without resorting to an encyclopedia by wondering what would shock a staid Anglo Saxon. Hillel Bernstein writes simple prose, gently mocking everything in France by la France, and not forgetting to take a poke at some of our noble customs and institutions such as the "Busters" which vaguely resembles the American Legion, or the Gold...
...TIME mark Jan. 22 on its calendar for commemorative issues. That day, A. D. 1934 marks the first real sign of fatty degeneration. (See crutch for mental insecure, p. 50). . . . You will be trying to sell us an encyclopedia next...
...would be searching for jobs, and the remaining 20 per cent taking life as easily as possible. Others would have had jobs ranging from assistant in a cancer research laboratory to lookout on in ice patrol boat in the north Atlantic. Eighteen per cent would be aluminum, book, and encyclopedia salesmen...
...hundred Harvard men, more contributors than from any other college, have written articles for the fourteenth edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, according to a recent survey. In all there are 3,700 contributors to the 20-volume thesaurus of knowledge. American contributors number 1,250 and of these 16 per cent., or 200 authorities hold degrees from Harvard...
...edition. The first edition appearing in 1768 describes Cambridge as "a town, about three miles west of Boston; remarkable for a university consisting of three colleges." Since 1870 when 75 Americans contributed, of whom 21 were Harvard men, the influence of this continent has increased so that now the Encyclopedia business is owned by Sears Roebuck and Company, although the offices of the editor-in-chief are still in London. F. H. Hopper '83 is the American editor...