Word: presse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Takings. Mr. Coolidge took away ten pounds more of flesh than he had on going to the White House. He also took: an engraved golden gridiron from the Gridiron (press) Club; the official picture of his Cabinet autographed by each member; a microphone on a stand built to his measure by the National Broadcasting Co. (Mr. Coolidge, surprised by this last minute gift, said he could use the stand to take his breakfast on); and his final monthly pay check from the U. S. Government ($6,250); contracts to write articles for the Cosmopolitan and American magazines, and the Ladies...
Again the press whooped for heroism but the hero and all other airmen knew that he had merely taken the cure prescribed by the U. S. Army Air Service-that a pilot who has cracked-up must make another flight at the first possible moment, to restore self-confidence. There was no need, however, for Miss Morrow to take the cure-except to be sporting and to do aviation a great and good turn...
...alleged military agreement is a lie and an audacious falsehood! It was the work of a criminal!" A similar disclaimer was soon issued by French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. None the less the responsible Dutch press of Rotterdam, Amsterdam and The Hague continued to display alarm. The extreme view was taken by Amsterdam's potent Socialist daily Volk. After graphically prophesying the "Violation of Limburg" by English troops, its editor sarcastically observed: "And this is the same England which in 1914 declared war because of the violation of Belgium's neutrality...
...edition of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" published in 1924 by Constable and Company, and a magnificent edition of Spenser's "Faerie Queen" printed in 1923 by the Ashendene Press have been placed in the exhibit of modern books. Both of these volumes are from the gift of Mr. Hofer...
...typewriter was built in China by the Commercial Press, the largest printing establishment in the far East. It is the result of steady improvement since its invention in 1919, though it is not yet entirely efficient. A capable operator can write at the rate of 1000 characters an hour, which seems slow in comparison with the speed of an American machine. This is, however, twice the speed with which one can print Chinese by hand. Furthermore, it is a greater speed than one thinks, because most Chinese words consist of only one or two characters, whereas English words consist...