Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...point to all this: to satisfy my curiosity. Is the idea of inheritable subscriptions new? Has any periodical to date adopted the idea? If not here's hoping TIME has the honor of being the first to offer such subscriptions...
...Subscribers Anders and Lindeman (TIME, Letters, June 10)-for their suggestions which resulted in the first perpetual, inheritable and transferable subscription in the history of publishing-free perpetual TIME subscriptions. Let others use coupon...
...constant reader of the New York World for some 30 years and have no recollection of its editions ever having been printed on yellow paper. The origin of the opprobious "yellow journalism" came about through a "comic" drawn by R. F. Outcault, called "The Yellow Kid." This appeared first in the World; scored such a hit that Hearst bought Outcault away from Pulitzer. It depicted a street gamin who wore a yellow night shirt, on which was inscribed all the gutter chatter and slang of that day, and it was out of that incident that the term "yellow journalism...
...counters in the opening frame and increased their lead to four in the third. The fourth found the Harvard team scoring its only run on a play which was bitterly disputed by the Blue leader, Garvey, and his mates. Ticknor and Donaghy singled in succession placing a man on first and second. Bassett then dumped one down to third and Aldrich in fielding it collided with Ticknor and lost the ball. Ticknor continued in as the Blue third baseman chased the pellet into left field. Yale's claim of interference was disallowed, and the run counted...
...Blue warriors took revenge by pounding out four markers and sending Whitmore to the cool showers. He was succeeded by Ketchum who struggled along until the seventh when he gave way to a pinch hitter. In this frame seven more tallies rounded out the Blue total and brought first baseman Prior to the mound. He finished the game in good fashion...