Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the Shogunate (1603-1867), while the Emperor's powers were subordinate to those of the Shoguns or Tycoons ("Great Princes"), the Eta touched bottom, groveled at the level of animals. Then the Restorer, the conquering and enlightened Emperor Meiji (1853-1912) recovered the Imperial Power; and, amid numerous reforms, raised the Eta to full status as ordinary citizens...
...curious to know on what authority TIME has discovered an "insect-line" at 2,500 feet above sea level. I have been plagued with the ordinary house fly in South America at altitudes above 12,000 feet, when there were horses to furnish the manure in which the flies could breed. I am now located 1,700 feet above TIME s "insect-line" and only wish it were as effective in Arizona as in one spot in South Dakota. I say "one spot," advisedly, because when I was in the Black Hills at Lead, I can assure you the existence...
Sirs: TIME, June 20, p. 6, col. 3 says "no flies . . . can bother the President. At 3,500 feet . . . flies . . . cease . . . mosquito weakens." Scenic enthusiasts rush for the front platform of cograil-road car up Mt. Washington (6,293 ft. above sea level is the-summit). Fortunate ones spend time brushing away cinders, black flies, mosquitoes. The writer killed a very bloody mosquito 5,500 feet above sea level. Black flies penetrate far above timber line. Scientists may disagree, but I had "bites" to prove my case. Keep the red cover. It will aid newsstand sales. Red-white-blue cover...
...logical fallacy; generalizing from insufficient data. He is utterly and absolutely wrong in his statements and implications. I have studied the written and spoken language in England and in America for many years, have sold my writings in both countries and can adduce abundant proof that the average level of culture evidenced and the average quality of grammar used by the masses in America is vastly superior to the corresponding
...level or usage in England. I repeat, I am a British citizen and I have no prejudice either way, but I trust that none of your readers will regard the grotesque effusion of Cyril D. H. G. Dillington-Dowse as representative of English culture, English critcism or English sentiment. FRANK VINCENT WADDY...