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...Purist. In Durham, N.C., one A. E. Lloyd insisted that "stoping" meant an excavation method in mining, refused to pay a fine for parking beside a "No Stoping" sign. The court docilely dropped charges, ordered the misspelling corrected...
...Curmudgeon, Inch-builder, press-purist Ickes...
...risk of being called a blankety-blank purist, I have changed the name of this column from "Swing" to "Jazz." As one of my many belated acts, I hope to removes the stigma of a name which has, of late, become thoroughly unfitting to the contents...
...risk of being called a blankety-blank purist, I have changed the name of this column from "Swing" to "Jazz." As one of my many belated acts, I hope to remove the stigma of a name which has, of late, become thoroughly unfitting to the contents...
Information Director Elmer Davis, who has a purist's regard for history and one of the driest humors in Washington, last week handed his assistants a sly rebuke. Said a Davis memo...