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...word game to promote toothpaste sales, offered prizes totaling $600 for the longest list of three-letter standard English words built from such phrases as: "Try Phillips Dental Magnesia," "Get Phillips Magnesia Toothpaste," "Try Phillips Magnesia Toothpaste." Among the 40,000 contestants was a young Queens, N. Y. lexicologist named Ira Gustave Gillman, who compiled six lists, one for each phrase, ranging in length from 150 to 297 words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Word Game | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

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