Word: interest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...impression here conveyed is that these happenings have no channel through which they may reach the outside world as news. Yet those "happenings which affect the outside world", those "discoveries of Harvard scientiests" which are of interest to outsiders have been the subject of numbers of releases by this office to the public, as for instance Professor Shapley's announcement of the discovery of the center of the universe, or the acquisition of the Nelson letters by Widener Library. One hundred and twenty-one releases of Harvard news have been given to the press since October...
Aside from the mere figure of 121 releases, which at best is a ponderous argument, the factors which are most desirable in the public eye are quality, timeliness, and the selection of news. It should also be pointed out that in handling the subject of greatest interest to the public, namely the House Plan, the majority of the official releases were merely late confirmations of news already printed in the metropolitan dailies...
Officials. By no means all officials are good performers. The unofficial stage managers quickly pick their favorites and offer them all the best engagements. Of the present Cabinet, Messrs. Stimson, Mellon, Adams, Lament and Mitchell are booked in advance. Only a few Senators and their wives hold the steady interest of Washington Society. Among these are Senators Bingham, Couzens, Edge, Hale, Johnson, Moses, Phipps, Shipstead, Wagner, Tydings. Senator Borah still moves at the edge of this group, an old lion whose mane and roaring once petrified and enchanted but are now too familiar to impress...
...jobs," built as coupes, sedans, coaches, cabins, buses. All but four planes were single-motored, with Pratt & Whitneys, Wrights, Warners, leBlonds, for the most part.† Exceptions were the trimotored Fords, Fokkers, Boeings and Kreutzers (a new Los Angeles product) and the twin-engined Sikorsky amphibian. Notable for the interest they excited in visitors and the sales they engendered were...
...with its conventional figures appearing in stained glass colors, this 32-year-old idyll by Stephen Phillips may have a place in dramatic history. However, its lack of semblance to life makes its revival now by so fine an actress as Jane Cowl a little difficult to understand. To interest the modern playgoer in the doom of these two familiar poetic figures, a little more of Dante's fire is needed...