Word: protractedness
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For Author Newton turned out to be a bookworm of astonishing capacity and superlative digestion, with a most charming literary style of his own to impart the gusto of his protracted feasts. He fell not only to voracious reading, but also to the deeper vice of collecting books for the...
For Mr. Stacpoole's infrmation, the U. S. Government has taken steps to "end this terrible business," at least as far as the territorial waters are concerned. Congress has recently passed an act to prevent the pollution of inland and coastal waters. This act provides for a fine and...
The "third degree" is the name popularly given to the extortion by the police of information from prisoners by means of protracted questioning combined with lack of sleep and starvation. The "first degree" is the arrest, and the "second degree" the taking of a prisoners to a place of confinement...
When Mr. Stone was named for the Supreme Court by the President (TIME, Jan. 19), the appointment was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Then one Colonel James A. Ownbey came out of the West strongly objecting to Mr. Stone's confirmation. Some years ago. Colonel Ownbey, while serving...
The first thing that the new Junto did was to invite President Alessandri to return from a tour of Italy. The President refused to return until "assured" that he and his policies were wanted. The Junto discussed certain demands made by the President and, after protracted and heated debate lasting...