Word: rates
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME'S book reviewer should review his arithmetic. After mentioning [TIME, March 7] that Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse contains 1,224 pages, TIME'S critic states that writing at the rate of two pages a day it took Author Allen five years to complete his masterpiece...
...rate of two pages a day, assuming that Mr. Allen labored five days a week, took a two-weeks' vacation each year and yearly observed the seven national holidays, it is mathematically apparent that Anthony Adverse should contain 2,430 pages...
...Finance Minister, Socialist Premier Blum was uneasily aware that he is the worst possible choice, from the viewpoint of those French and British capitalists from whom France must try to keep on borrowing at the rate of over 30,000,000,000 francs per year, to keep her armament program going. On the other hand, a point in the Cabinet's favor is that pathetic, inexperienced Yvon Delbos is no longer Foreign Minister, has been replaced by veteran Joseph Paul-Boncour, everlasting French delegate to the League of Nations. Like his great friend Lord Perth, who as Sir Eric...
...brought Dave Shean, las year's left fielder, into the inner cordon, placing him at second base, and has moved Art Johns to shortstop, leaving Dick Grondahl to take care of the hot cornor. Captain Lupien, of course, continues to hold down first. Dick Ulin and Russ Ayers will rate as top infield spares...
...traditional Russian fashion curse each other for their respective faults and then fall weeping into each other's arms. A sea gull killed by the young man, is made to stand for the girl he loves, a young, unwise person seduced and made miserable by a bland, second-rate author, the mother's lover...