Word: mentionable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Particularly true was this of the fine car exhibits, and notably that of Fierce-Arrow. . . . Fierce-Arrow introduced a Twelve at the New-York Show that crowded the Eight for spot-light honors . . . and earned mention accordingly. However, failing this, perhaps TIME will not overlook a further example of automotive integrity as testified to in the accompanying voluntary letter from a gentleman of the far South...
Sirs: Under the depressing caption "Cruises Cancelled" in TIME, Jan. 11, you mention among other items of travel news that Cie Internationale des Wagons Li ts et des Grands Express Européens abandoned the Manhattan office (No. 701 Filth Avenue). This statement, technically correct, is nevertheless misleading. It would have been better to explain that the building was abandoned, and not the office. This office staff, furniture, etc., was moved from its one-story premises at No. 701 Fifth Avenue to the recently enlarged Thos. Cook & Son offices at No. 587 Fifth Avenue, comprising six working floors. (Thos. Cook...
...sanitorium for wayward girls. Bill follows, wins her, conveniently dies from heart disease attributable to alcoholism, athletic and sexual excesses; and Penelope, proving her worth by nursing in the sanitorium, is promoted to doctor's wife. The dialog is ridiculous but adequate for the plot. Individually the players deserve mention for their fortitude...
...display of plans hung on the first floor of Robinson Hall Annex. Competitors for the prize, architectural students at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the School of the Boston Society of Architects, receive academic credit for their plans. Only one cash prize is awarded, while honorable mention winners receive medals. About 35 members of the University submitted plans, 30 from Technology, and 20 from the Boston school...
...beady eyes of the Japanese popped with disgust. Astonished Norwegians mopped their faces and unbuttoned their sweaters, too polite to mention the weather. The Swedes, disconsolate, nibbled brown beans, salt herring, oatmeal and knackebrod which they had carried all the way from Stockholm. An unprecedented thaw at Lake Placid, N. Y., had spoiled the ice, melted the snow, made practice for the Olympic Games, which begin Feb. 4, impossible. Undiscouraged by this dismal turn of events, the Olympic Committee announced the full schedule of events...