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Word: paged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Something was the matter and its name was Henry Louis Mencken. Instead of a tidy page full of editorials, letters to the editor, etc., there was just one column of editorials. Where the other six columns have been was a great open space covered with tiny black dots, like the background of a cut-1,000,075 dots in all. In the adjoining editorial the Evening Sun explained that each dot represented one person in the Federal Government's ''immense corps of jobholders. . . . The dots, unfortunately, had to be made very small. . . . Even so, the chart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Antic Dots | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...Last month Jefty O'Connor handed Franklin Roosevelt his resignation as titular head of the national bank system, possibly because he plans to run for Governor of California. Last week Jefty dispatched to Congress the 75th annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency - a 208-page booklet summarizing not only the status of U. S. national banks as of last June 30 but also Jefty O'Connor's accomplishments in almost five years of work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Waxing & Waning | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...melancholy country and because he felt one of his rare epileptic attacks coming on. As he entered the Temple he felt dizzy, leaned on a pillar for support, realized he was fainting and looked at his watch. It was 23 minutes to six. That incident takes place on page 49 of Hearken unto the Voice. On page 775 Reeves is still looking at his watch and the time is still 23 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prophet of Doom | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...John Dos Passes-Harcourt Brace ($3). One volume, 1,500-page edition of Dos Passes' trilogy: Forty-Second Parallel, 1919, The Big Money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

After you have taken the test, you can check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of this test, entering the number of your right answers as your score on your answer sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

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