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...Senator was rushed in & out of the fair grounds before he had a chance to admire a steer or sample a jar of piccalilli. He did visit a giveaway radio program, where he dutifully kissed the Toni (wave) Twins ("Which Twin Has the Toni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Vice Presidents Days | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...finals. After a few rounds of easy ones, the spellers began to trip. Escutcheon, toboggan, chrysalis, mollify, appurtenant, desecrate, diaphanous, discernible, penitentiary . . . (The master of ceremonies tried to soothe the kids who flubbed: "Too bad, Sara, you stayed up there real long.") Troche, scintilla, poliomyelitis, calyx, cirrus, piccalilli, lachrymose, geodesy, insipid . . . ("That's all right, Martin. I always spell 'insipid' with a 'c,' too.") Syllabus, addendum, flaccid, desiccate, accordion, surcingle, maraschino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Toboggan to Psychiatry | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

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