Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early subscribers to your magazine. I came to feel it was propaganda from a certain attitude; and disliked it. I remember writing to you my objections to the ungentlemanly way you had of referring to Senator Johnson of, Minnesota as "Magnavox" thus ridiculing his baptismal name, one of the holiest of any man's possessions...
...large percentage of your readers must be imbeciles to judge from the lists they send you of "Biggest Charles" [TIME, Jan. 17] and "Biggest J. B.s" [TIME, Feb. 1]. Although this whole procedure is absolutely idiotic, may I remark that as "John" is the commonest American name there are undoubtedly more famous Americans named "John" than anything else. No doubt "Big Johns" also head the lists of bootleggers, stamp lickers, hash eaters, sword swallowers, garbage men and street sheiks. If your readers have nothing better to do I can start them out on a list of "Big Johns" which they...
...Albuquerque is a well-known picturesque stopping-off place in New Mexico for tourists who wish to watch Indians weave blankets. New Mexico is one of the 48 states of the Union. Last week the Albuquerque Advertising Club sent to the State Legislature a resolution proposing to change the name of the state to Coolidge...
...Monis, who later resigned the Premiership. "Mes amis," asked Premier Poincaré last week, "do you know what has happened to Antoine Monis?" Blank faces greeted the question. M. Monis was probably dead, thought the Deputies. Today even the French Who's Who (Qui Etes-Vous?) omits his name. "Messieurs les Députés," cried M. Poincaré, "Antoine Monis is not dead! To the shame of our country, La France whom he served as Deputy and Senator for 35 years, I tell you now that M. Monis is alive, but destitute. . . ." The Premier told then...
...carried in chains before Chang. That barbaric War Lord, who slaughters even his own followers if they displease him (TIME, July 19), yielded to a whim and let Chen go. "Eugene Chen" is, of course, merely the Anglicism which he adopted as a London lawyer to translate his Chinese name: Chen...