Word: slips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...takes the courage of one's convictions to undertake such a project as this one. It takes a not inconsiderable assurance to let slip the goading of the public's interest until the last thousand miles. But gigantic indeed is the mentality of Mr. Pyle, and better than most others does he know not only what the public wants but in what doses it can stand...
...reporter after his lecture in Emerson Hall last night "Many of the books in a library were practically unknown and inaccessible. An entire reorganization of the library system was necessary to make it efficient. This was begun in the Bibliotheque Nationale in 1882, when the compilation of an alphabetical slip catalogue of the 3,000,000 and more volumes in the library was started. The existence of the old system hindered this reorganization rather than helped...
...slip began last fortnight when Inquisitor Walsh let boyish Senator Nye go to Chicago to investigate what might be new evidence. Since Senator Nye is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Lands, which is charged with the investigation, it was logical to entrust him with the errand. That it was unfortunate soon became apparent. The importance of his mission overcame him and he returned hinting breathlessly that his findings involved "a name that it would be criminal to mention until further investigation." The name of Warren Gamaliel Harding soon leaked out. The Committee was reviewing the sale...
...water were an animate being, its most significant characteristic would be the herd instinct. Man and Mother Earth have conspired to keep water cooped up in bottles, pipes, dams, lakes and oceans. But whenever Man or Mother Earth makes a slip, a Water runs madly to meet fellow Waters. Last week there was a revolt of Water in the San Francisquito Canyon and the Santa Clara Valley, 50 miles north of Los Angeles. The St. Francis dam had long been a symbol of hate in Southern California...
...COMMAND TO LOVE-The love light glisters in a diplomat's eyes as he directs a slip of state (TIME...