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Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME'S use of "lagniappe'' (Sept. 23, p. 13), easily a dollar's worth of word and unfortunately not included in many abridged dictionaries, recalls Mark Twain who, in Life on the Mississippi reported pickling up an excellent word, worth traveling to New Orleans to get-"a nice, limber, impressive, handy word-'Lagniappe.' They pronounce it lanny...
...p. 57 of the Sept. 16 issue, TIME published the following: "Until the end of 1930, no issue of TIME will exceed 80 pages plus cover and color inserts." The Oct. 7 issue, numbering 84 pages, included a four-page color insert...
Over the White House lawns one day last week swarmed hundreds of dentists, delegates to the American Dental Convention at Washington (see p. 18). Not to risk missing a handshaking appointment with the President, they had come early. In the White House, President Hoover was talking with Prime Minister MacDonald. The babble of the dentists came disturbingly to his ears. He frowned and excused himself to Mr. MacDonald, who smiled understandingly at this inconvenience of Democracy. Out the President hastened, grasped a few dental hands, posed hastily for photographs with a few of the nearest dentists, then retreated into...
Hazen of New Hampshire, who was outstanding on last year's team which defeated Harvard, led the field across the line at the finish in the good time of 28 minutes and 51 seconds. He was closely pressed by G. M. Barrie '32 and N. P. Hallowell '32 who finished second and third respectively...
...first ten men to finish in the University run were: Hazen (N. H.); G. M. Barrie '32; N. P. Hallowell '32; Lazare (N.H.); B. E. Estes '32; R. C. Aldrich '31; J. M. Fox'31; David Cobb '31; Noyes (N.H.); Richardson...