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...primitive draws the image of a gazelle to amuse himself, it is a picture; but if a hunter makes such a picture to inform the next comer that the hunting is good, it is a message. Cuneiform writing ("cuneiform" means wedge-shaped) is a direct descendant of picture-writing, in which the symbols are so formalized and simplified that they are unrecognizable as representations of real objects. When symbols were assigned for phonetic syllables, the representation of abstract ideas became possible. The Babylonians realized that they could develop an al-phabet-that is, a set of symbols each of which...
...between the covers of LIFE. On eleven double-page spreads appeared eight plans for houses, four by "modern"' architects arrayed against four by "traditional"' architects, each pair designed to meet the needs and income of an actual U. S. family. By this presentation LIFE hoped: 1) to inform its readers of how easily any family earning from $2,000 to $10,000 a year can build an efficient, pleasant home; 2) to poll its readers on the relative popularity of the two types of home building...
...prevent violence throughout the struggle last year and at the same time maintained the complete impartiality of the University were Aldrich Durant '02, Business Manager, and John W. Lowes '19, Financial vice-President. Last year they went so far as to have posters raised in prominent positions to inform employees of the employer's neutrality...
TIME is happy to inform able Book-reviewer Jackson that its researches into best-seller lists have already shown that booksellers, at least, agree with Pearl Buck...
...flying priest, this was almost a routine appeal. But it was not so routine that Father Schulte, as he flew north with his mechanic, Brother Beaudoin, omitted to inform the New York Times about his activities. Father Schulte dashed 360 miles to Chesterfield Inlet, found the only doctor ill, pushed on, was forced down by fog at Igloolik, reached Baffin Land to find Father Cochard still living, bundled him into the plane. Reported Father Schulte to the Times, after he got his colleague safely to a hospital in Chesterfield Inlet: "Father Cochard was not troubled with airsickness and was very...