Word: paged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stubborn Shut-Eye would surely have insisted that no U. S. magazine save Editor H. L. Mencken's kraut-liveried American Mercury would make fun of the Bible Belt. Why, Editor Mencken virtually invented that damning phrase. No month passes without its appearance, many times repeated, on that page of the American Mercury dedicated to exposing the mental fumbles and spiritual solecisms of Mr. Mencken's "booboisie" to his admiring acolytes...
Stroke and captain, F. C. Weld; 7, W. M. Randol, Jr.; 6, J. H. Muncaster; 5, H. deW. Wood; 4, C. O. Tuck; 3, J. R. Page; 2, Edward Herbert, Jr.; bow, J. O. Post, Jr.; cox, F. W. McNear...
...because no stool is vacant, spots the man who is up to pie, takes his stance behind him, elbows rivals for the vacancy out of the road, barks his order at the waitress, pulls TIME out of his pocket, and then for 15 minutes glues his eyes to the page while his right hand automatically pokes grub into his mouth to be gulped down in hunks...
...full-sized newspapers have taken on an alarming bulk since the World War. They are not ashamed of their bulk-it represents increasing advertising revenue and new features; it grows bigger every day; it does not seem to fear the tabloid cry. Daily editions of 40, 48 and 56 pages are becoming commonplace in a half-dozen cities in the U. S. Sunday (or Saturday) editions of less than 100 pages are considered puny. The Sunday New York Times has appeared with 240 pages-the paper of which could easily make seven octavo volumes of 300 pages each. This bulk...
That the South considers New England the richest field in which to seek new industries is indicated by two half-page advertisements published in Boston newspapers recently. One is by the Alabama Power Co. . . . inviting New England textiles to that state. The other, published by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, invites New England industries to establish branch plants and distribution agencies in Atlanta...