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Sirs: TIME stated erroneously . . . that three Communists . . . were sentenced to death; their offense being, "Belonging to the Communist Party." Where such an unfounded report could be derived is beyond my comprehension, but I beg TIME to use more care and precision before making such a preposterous entry.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 21, 1930 | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

Atman in Hindustani means soul. With literal accuracy TIME could speak of Mahatma or "Great Soul" Gandhi. But in English such terms produce no clear cut impression. TIME, eschewing the nebulous, uses "St." for brevity and precision, as the shortest way of indicating that millions of Hindus revere the Mahatma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 16, 1930 | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

During the past year at the Cruft Laboratory Professor G. W. Pierce has been engaged in making some precision clocks for laboratory and observatory use. One of the clocks employs a pendulum enclosed in a vacuum chamber and kept at constant temperature. The pendulum has no escapement, driving spring or...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pierce Experiments on Precision Clocks for Laboratory, Observatory Clocks--One Uses Pendulum Enclosed in Vacuum | 6/4/1930 | See Source »

"Like The Monroe Doctrine." No Government will be asked, either now or soon, to sign up as a member of The European Union. But with French precision, M. Briand asked the Governments to comment on his embryo plan before July 15, 1930. He proposed that it be thoroughly examined and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The European Union | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

Windows they planned with a cunning precision.

Author: By R. N. C. jr., | Title: THE CRIME | 5/13/1930 | See Source »

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