Word: naming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sixteen years later I turned up in Tokyo, an itinerant free-lance writer, broke and badly in need of a job. By chance I met a member of the faculty of the University of Tokyo. When my professor-acquaintance heard my name, he asked if I were related to the "great" Doctor Hepburn. I explained the relationship. The next day I was offered a position as "Professor of English Conversation" at the Imperial University . . . Wherever I went in Japan doors were opened wide for me because I was a descendant of the great Doctor...
...Proper Name. In Los Angeles, the National Pest Control Association, in annual convention, voted to form a women's auxiliary to be known as the Ladybugs...
...Everybody Does It" (perish the name) is supposed to be an hilariously funny movie. Nunnally Johnson, who wrote the script, carefully avoided all opportunities for other than comic effects. This singleness of purpose makes it easy for the reviewer to pass judgment--the movie is not funny, hence it is worthless...
...Gutenberg Bible has long been a magic term among book collectors. As the "first printed book worthy of the name", copies of it have been valued at above $350,000. Harvard has an outstanding Gutenberg Bible among its rare book collection...
...Society's catering to "new blood" by reorganizing this fall under a new name and constitution really represents the growing demand for Slavic studies at Harvard. Until fairly recently, student interest in eastern European culture was focused mainly on Russian. But during the past two years, the Slavic Department, under the Chairmanship of Professor Karpovich, has expanded to become one of the centers of Slavic studies in the country. With the arrival this fall of two eminent scholars, Professor R. Jakobson--specialist in Slavic languages and civilization, and Dr. D. I. Cizovsky--distinguished for his work in Europe on philosophy...