Word: magenta
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...James Version of the Bible, Author Stern, in the first person, unfolds the humdrum history of a young writer, later turned advertising man, later turned merchant. His unimportant love affairs, his inconsequential pokings at life with a stick, fail to acquire emotional value or intensity by virtue of the magenta draperies which muffle the recital. Yet when Author Stern comes to realize that writing prose does not necessarily demand substitution of fervent ellipsis for sound and conventional grammar, she may well write a good book...
...college students and town authorities which comes to the fore periodically in such disturbances as the University Theatre riot last Friday night is found back in the days when the town of Cambridge was first gaining recognition as a distinct entity. Fifty-two years ago a writer for the Magenta in an article termed "Gown vs. Town" comes out strongly against the contaminating influence of the town then growing up around the University...
...earnestly request contributions from all members of the University." Harvard Magenta...
...other collection of Gambia stamps), Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Swiss stamp collector, Miss Ellen F. Nason of Claremont, N. H., collector of Arabian stamps, with all the special issues for Jeddah and Nejd -these and many more sent their best. But one and all, when they beheld a black and magenta stamp lying by itself in a case ten times too big for it, bowed in reverence. This stamp bears upon its breast in bold letters the words "One Cent." Its owner, Arthur Hind, of Utica, paid $32,500 for it. It is the most valuable stamp in the world. Should...
...square, an octagon, a ship, on black and magenta...