Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Uncle Joe Cannon, by christening "Joseph Gurney", for many years Speaker of the House, last week made it plain to reporters that he had not even considered twice what to do on his 90th birthday (May 7). His one thought has been, "Supper for three, a black cigar, the Danville (Ill.) Commercial Times, and a poker game till...
Officers. To succeed S. E. Thomason (Chicago Tribune) as their president, the publishers elected John Stewart Bryan (Richmond News-Leader). Edward H. Butler (Buffalo Evening News), George M. Rogers (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and Howard Davis (New York Herald Tribune) were other new officers?vice president, secretary and treasurer, respectively...
...construction is evident. When it rains, the sunken tracks become actual rivers of mud. Across the desert roads are practically negligible. The Gobi desert is itself an immense expanse of sand and rocks stretching over what seem almost illimitable distances. Out of the more or less even plain of the desert, huge, weather-worn cliffs that tower up perpendicularly as for instance the magnificent organ rocks which rise for hundreds of feet above the desert floor and have been fluted by the action of the elements until they resemble great organ tubes...
...facilities of TIME'S book department are at its readers' disposal. To order the above, or any other books, inclose a check or cash with a note to the Book Editor making plain to whom you wish your purchases sent...
...facilities of TIME'S book department are at its readers' disposal. To order the above, or any other books, inclose a check or cash with a note to the Book Editor making plain to ivhom you wish your purchases sent...