Word: nice
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: . . . TIME was very nice to me-much too kind (TIME, Oct. 28). In truth, most of the credit for that press rate reduction between the U. S. and Japan should go to General Harbord of the Radio Corporation. General Harbord was the man who first made the startling suggestion of reducing the trans-Pacific press rate to ten cents a word. It was his constant insistence that finally got the Japanese government to the idea of even going him one cent better. Roy W. Howard, Chairman of the Board of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, in Japan as a delegate...
...women have had centuries of practice in forcing men to ask the proper question at the correct time while the male experience has been confined to merely acting on the hints. Moreover, the less favored of the female sex have built up that great tradition of not beautiful, but nice, so admirably supported by well meaning aunts, while man is merely conceited or ugly. Men have, after all, been fairly patient in bearing with feminine supremacy, and it does seem to be a little too much of a gloating attitude to call this development equality. At all events...
...jack from now on. ... And when I get a nice big pile I'm going to buy me a newspaper somewhere-and have some...
...harness yesterday but Dr. Richards diagnosed the injury as being serious enough to keep him out for a length of time. Huguley was a first string back up until the Dartmouth game when he was replaced by Devens. He got in against the Green however and did some nice punting...
Frank Jay Gould said that he had the French Government's permission to open a gambling casino in a palace near Nice, that he was licensed to conduct all forms of gambling, that his casino would be ten times as large as the one at Monte Carlo, would have a room containing 42 tables, seating 600 players. Said he: "My announcement is the best answer to reports undoubtedly instigated by jealous rival casinos and broadcasted last summer that the palace would be turned into an automobile garage...