Word: paragrapher
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor Paine's true merit is revealed in a stimulating article written by Richard Aldrich '85 for the Dictionary of American Biography. The following statement comes from Aldrich's closing paragraph: "The best of Paine's works show a fertility, a genuine warmth and spontaneity of invention, and a fine harmonic feeling as well as a sure touch in the organization of form and skill in instrumentation...
Earlier this month the Star omitted "My Day" by Eleanor Roosevelt, printed a curt paragraph explaining that "a visit Mrs. Roosevelt made yesterday to a reptile farm in Sarasota, Fla., contained no information the Star believes its readers would enjoy. . . ." Not until last week did Mrs. Roosevelt learn the reason her column was dropped-the Star's old snake taboo. She had devoted a paragraph to telling how rattlers and moccasins are "milked" for medical purposes...
...Emperor Hirohito. the U. S. charges were answered with a polite, sugary denial: "It is far from the thoughts of the Japanese Government to impair the rights and interests of American citizens in China or discriminate against their enterprises." Tucked away at the end of the note was a paragraph which, translated to plainer, less diplomatic language, was blunt advice to the U. S. to wake up and realize that...
...recently came across in my reading (Nathaniel Hawthorne's Notes) the following paragraph which struck me as being so apt a statement of the Magazine TIME'S principles that it might almost be adopted as a slogan...
...Fargan Hathway, makes a point of quoting Baltasar y Morales Gracián, a 17th Century Spanish Jesuit. Buck Weaver's screwiest activities are occasional booklets he prints at his own expense. He justifies them as outlets for his inhibitions, as surface rashes on his emotional ego. Sample paragraph based on Olive Schreiner story of the "Hunter...