Word: incidental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This letter is to report an incident which happened in this town not long ago of a woman whose telephone rang at three o'clock in the morning. She fell down stairs and broke her leg. Another member of the family answered the telephone and was informed that the...
"Because he used yellow paper for some of his editions of the New York World, and because his paper, avoiding contemporary stodginess, sought for 'human interest.'" (TIME, May 27.) I think you are mistaken in this! I have been a constant reader of the New York World for...
A black cat prowled about a London shop. Its side brushed softly against a small silver statue of Cragadour, Lord Astor's favorite for the Epsom Derby. The statue trembled, fell. Next day, all England heard of the incident. The next night the statue was stolen. Throughout England filtered a...
As the gas-thirsty plane flies in a straight course and at a steady speed, the refueling plane maneuvers into position above. When the two planes are in line, at even speed and 15 to 25 feet apart, the upper one drops a rubber hose. As the hose whips about...
McLean v. "Record." Readers of the hard-hitting Philadelphia Record had their attention arrested last fortnight by news that Publisher Edward Beale McLean of the Washington, D. C., Post was suing the Record for one million dollars damages for an article descriptive of "a social incident" between Publisher McLean and...