Word: paragrapher
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wish to call attention to the following paragraph on p. 9, in your issue...
...receipts of the dining halls are, of course, limited by the very proper attitude that the cost of board should not be excessive, so that there is perforce a certain amount of compromising between the two aims mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, and it is only by extremely careful management that satisfactory results can be obtained. As a matter of fact the dining hall operations have shown a slight surplus in recent years after all expenses, which expenses, by the way, do not include any allowance for investment in plant and equipment, which amounts to over...
...their paragraph on the speech of England's Best People. Authors Douglas & LeCocq disclose some of the secrets of its complex simplicity, consisting of " 'um's, 'aw's, and 'er's, the meanings of which vary according to the context. 'Um' may mean 'These are good tripe and onions.' 'You smell like a rose,' or 'Waiter, another whisky and soda.' This sort of thing makes it difficult for the foreigner, but the English themselves can tell instantly what is meant by the lack of inflection...
...greatly interested in the leading paragraph in the Press Department of TIME [Dec. 3] because I was born in Geneseo, N. Y., my father was editor of the Livingston Republican for many years, and so was I for a year or so, and it was in the Republican my first writings got into print...
...China at this time, and Sir John Hope Simpson was sent by the League of Nations to direct the work of this Commission. As indicating the magnitude of the preventive work to be undertaken, and the part played by the Chinese in that work, I will read a paragraph from Sir John's report...