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...York Times called them "Advertising men." The N. Y. Herald-Tribune called them "Ad" men. The N. Y. World called them Admen, thereby coining a new noun to define the "leaders of a profession essential to human existence," who assembled in international convention last week in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Admen | 7/5/1926 | See Source »

...Noun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 10, 1926 | 5/10/1926 | See Source »

...TIME of April 19, p. 38, col. 3, your book reviewer mentions "Jew manufacturers." I take it that he did not mean manufacturers of Jews but rather Jewish manufacturers. Is it so hard for men who understand English to realize that the word "Jew" is a noun and that "Jewish" is the adjective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 10, 1926 | 5/10/1926 | See Source »

...noun descriptive of the sound of a milk-train engine, it fits and therefore is good. Is this a new word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 26, 1926 | 4/26/1926 | See Source »

Sirs: See p. 40, col. 3, issue of Feb. 1, under head of "Humor." Please remember that the word "Jew" is always a noun, never an adjective. Jewish humor?not "Jew"' humor. AARON RICHE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 22, 1926 | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

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