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Word: occasionals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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. . TIME'S knowledge of the Scriptures is lamentable. Recently the Atlantic Monthly spoke ignorantly of the "parable" of the Widow's Mite. TIME showed just as profound ignorance [Sept. 26] when she corrected Mr. A. F. Higgins' misquotation of Scripture in a footnote, but failed to correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 24, 1927 | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

¶ Though never noted for artistic sensibilities, President Coolidge was more than equal to a Founder's Day celebration and international painting exhibit at Carnegie Institute, the occasion for his Pittsburgh visit. Diplomats from France, Italy, Belgium, Rumania, Austria & Holland sat by and heard the history of Pittsburgh interpreted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Oct. 24, 1927 | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

M. Costes, in the same Brequet plane that vanquished the Atlantic, had made non-stop flights from Paris to Siberia, and again from Paris to Persia. So ably did his ship perform on every occasion (it averaged 110 miles to the hour over the Atlantic), many people thought that, if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Satisfaction | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

The statue was the gift of the State of Mississippi. To bestow it properly upon the U. S., Governor Dennis Murphree did not rely on his own eloquence but turned to pungent, quizzical onetime (1911-23) U. S. Senator John Sharp Williams, who went to Vicksburg for the occasion from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Confederates | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

In 1903 the present Harvard Stadium was completed and the Crimson athletic officials decided that a Dartmouth football game would be a fitting baptism for the new arena. The Big Green accordingly made its annual trip to Cambridge, dedicated the new Stadium, and incidentally carried off its first gridiron triumph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gridiron Ghosts | 10/22/1927 | See Source »

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