Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gauze masks over their mouths to prevent foul breath contaminating the entrails of patients. Many surgeons realize the "why" of their precautions; most take their procedure for granted. Lister to them, as to the vast majority of their patients, is now-except for a mild centennial-only a name, a Hippocrates, a Galen, a little revered Esculapius...
Robert Tyre Jones Jr., famed golfer: "As a law school freshman at Emory University, I have pored long over my law books. Last week, when the mid-term examination marks were posted, my name led all the rest. My marks were: A in torts (the only A in the class); A in contracts (the first A made in two years); B in public utilities and B in pleading (only two marks were better) ; C in property (highest mark in the class). It was pointed out that few of my classmates had had my opportunities. Before attending Emory Law School...
Disregarding the superstition which dictates early disaster to the medalist, Mr. Voight proceeded to play through the tournament proper in form highly satisfactory to himself. In the finals he met Eugene Homans, 18, Englewood, N. J., schoolboy; triumphed, 4 and 2; added the name of Voight to the list of onetime caddies* who have made good...
Even Mr. Durant's explanation of why he is promoting the new Star Six and backing Consolidated Motors Inc. met with dubiety. He advertised: "The name Durant shall stand for something better than a football in Wall Street." The New York Times writer knew that, even though Mr. Durant's name may be a football of Wall Street, Mr. Durant himself is one of its most skilled footballers; hurt in a railroad accident and bedridden, yet he bravely persisted in his stock market activities (TIME, Feb. 1, 1926) ; practically impoverished after he was ousted from General Motors...
Many years ago, when War raged and Herbert Hoover fed the Belgians, Manhattan reporters found on the passenger list of an incoming steamer the name Herbert W. Hoover. They quivered. Here was the great relief-worker returning unexpectedly. He would give them an interview. A man came down the gangplank, a square-jawed man of port. They surrounded him; clamored questions. The man, nonplussed for but a moment, smiled...