Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME, Oct. 23, p. 14, ". . . [John Nance Garner's] Neon-blue eyes. . . ." If you will check the spectrum of Neon you will find it emits mostly orange and red wavelengths of light. Mercury or argon are the usual sources of blue light used in signs etc.
And if you think Bach and Mozart are antique, just wait: they will be as new and fresh as ever, when Franck and Tschaikowsky and Sibelius are forgotten by all save musicologists.
Anent Sir Philip Gibbs and "Winkles on Pins" (TiME, Nov. 6, p. 28), does not British tank officer's "dark saying" burst into klieg-light clarity when quoted as ". . . he was the winkle in [not on] the pin if war should ever begin in earnest. . . ."?
I nominate the Mayor of Warsaw for your Man of the Year, even if the award must be made posthumously. His radio appeals rank second only to Colonel Travis' letters from the Alamo in 1836, and his fate, no doubt, will be the same.*
Since his term does not expire until Jan. 20, 1941, he could be there as President if he did not run again. But observers noted that he departed from his prepared address to make the point.