Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: Newsstand Buyer James Chester Pope's letter amuses me. ... If I were to say what I think of his Big Ten, TIME could not publish my letter if it would, and I wish Mr. Pope could see if possible a list of ten men who actually possess elements of greatness. ... I would name...
...say [TIME, Jan. 17] the Pons Asinorum is the proposition stating the sum of the squares on the sides of a right triangle equals the square of the hypotenuse. This is the Pathagerean Theorem. The Pons Asinorum states that if two sides of a triangle are equal the angles opposite these sides are equal. Pons refers to the figure used to prove the proposition...
...they was a Bolshevik, who wouldn't say his prayers- So Kellogg sent him off to bed, away upstairs. An' Kellogg heered him holler, an' Coolidge heered him bawl. But when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all! They seeked him down in Mexico, they cussed him in the press; They seeked him 'round the Capitol, an' everywhere I guess But all they ever found of him was whiskers, hair and clout- An' the Bolsheviks I'll get you ef you don't watch...
...Army recruiting officers are expected to be good salesmen. Upon the city streets they often select their dejected-looking prospects, slap them on the backs, say: "Brace up ... be a man . . . join the Army ... it is warm now down in Texas and Georgia; there are hopes and thrills out in Hawaii...
...sent every darned instructor in the institution to me in person. I won't go near the place, and I hope your old party is a total failure, and everybody is sorry they went and nobody has a good time! Now I've said my say, and I don't care how much you try to plead with met I'm going to stay at home while you are holding forth, and am going to cover the ground myself. I wouldn't even think of trying to crash; it isn't worth it, and besides I know...