Word: listings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...weed out the real news from the "hand-outs." After weeding, weekly warnings will be sent to all Association members, to all newspaperdom. Whenever possible, Weeder Ford will scotch unworthy publicity schemes at their sources. First a few "offenders" were singled out to be mentioned, and then the list grew and grew until it seemed to include most of the famed producers of the whole U. S. But no mention was made of two of the oldest, most experienced groups of players in the game-the cinema industry and the hook publishers...
Alarmed at the increased importation into Italy of foreign cars, chiefly from the U. S., the Royal Italian Automobile Club, Fascist-governed, announced that in future they would publish in all Fascist newspapers the names and addresses of all Italians who purchase foreign motor cars, "A proscription list for bad Italians who betray their most elementary duties to the nation out of a spirit of automobilistic snobbery...
...proposed list must not resolve itself into a journalistic, polemic affair. It must be done with serious intentions. Every one must state exactly the reasons why he gave preference to a foreign motor car in order that these reasons may be studied and weighed...
...present time nearly 25% of all automobiles sold in Italy are of U. S. manufacture. Knowing the Italian character, Italian fear of ridicule and notoriety, Rome correspondents last week agreed that the proposed list of "automobilistic snobs" would be more potent than any tariff...
...annual award of honorary degrees is an opportunity to recognize genuine greatness. This year's list is perhaps typical, and each one of the recipients represents one of the accomplishments toward which the University tries to direct its students. The honorary degree is the discriminating praise of a wise and impartial judge. It must be used not simply as further honor for men who have already won fame, but as the reward of greatness in the world's most honorable activities...