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Word: namee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disagreement while playing the new game, "Babbitt" ? The definition of a Babbitt published in TIME, July 26, [MISCELLANY, p. 29] was most vague. Why not be specific, if you set yourselves up as authorities ? ... Is it part of the game to point at a specimen, crying out its name, as in "Beaver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 16, 1926 | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

...nomination but played the game square. Please call the attention of the Senate to this and when it has some lucrative appointive position to fill, it may have another name on its list as available and worthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: In Illinois | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

...Name the natural phenomenon by which beans burst the Rhineland's riveted seams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Aug. 9, 1926 | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

...Name two products besides shoe-polish that are made from carbon black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Aug. 9, 1926 | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

...Needless to say, the Batten Company made Mr. Ford's alleged statement an indictment, not of advertising, but of Mr. Ford. "Armstrong," the Batten ad went on, "is mentioned, and you think of beautiful patterns and colors of linoleum for every floor in the house. Hamilton is the name of a watch so accurate that railroad men largely favor it. Maxwell House is that fine old coffee served by southern aristocracy in the halcyon days 'befoh de wah.'" But "Ford?" Of what, asked the Batten Company, did the name Ford make you think? "To our minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cut It Out.... | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

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