Word: namee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Swedish Who's Who gives Dr. Svedberg's Christian name as "Theodor (The)." Dr. Svedberg received the 1926 Nobel prize for Chemistry...
...will probably have been informed already that press reports led you into error in regard to the name of one of the recipients of a Nobel award [TIME, Dec. 20]. Dr. Svedberg's name is The and not, as the press assumed, Theodore. The error was very widespread, and I am writing this not as a complaint, but merely for your future information. It is not surprising that a name such as The should be assumed to be an abbreviation of Theodore...
...contributing more to the man power of the nation than any other citizen" was introduced to the President by Representative Warren of North Carolina. His name is Reuben Bland; he is 72, healthy, twice-married and the father of 34 children. Said President Coolidge: "You ought to be thankful for all your blessings...
...Patriotic citizens of Vermont wanted to bestow the name of Calvin Coolidge upon some high and worthy mountain peak. Last week the nomenclature committee reported that no unnamed mountain could be found...
...tall, lean man stands up before the Pennsylvania legislature. He is 61 and something of a fighter. His name is Gifford Pinchot (although the late Senator Boies Penrose once suggested that it be changed to "Pin-shot"). He is Governor of Pennsylvania and he is reading his farewell message. His audience becomes restless as he recounts the departmental doings. Suddenly he switches to "gangs"; there is a hush, followed by a buzz. He says...