Word: somes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Colgate University's Professor Porter G. Perrin also found a discrepancy between classroom English and the way most people talk, also tried to do something about it last week. His An Index to English* intended "to answer some common questions about English usage and style," makes no bones about...
At their first official meeting, when President Dykstra presented his budget request, the Governor questioned his figures, asked for "simple arithmetic." Later he knocked $1,000,000 out of the budget. President Dykstra expressed the hope that the Legislature would restore some of the cut; Governor Heil accused him of...
Sport fans have long been accustomed to rowdy baseballers grousing about the ball they are compelled to use. As tennis-balls have grown fuzzier (to please hard-court players), some tennists have begun to grouse, too. Last week, during the Seabright Invitation Tournament, first of the four major grass-court...
This year, with about 700 yearlings up for auction, turfmen expect some $2,000,000 to change hands. Largest group, as usual, will be those from the famed Claiborne and Ellerslie studs (59 this year), owned by Kentuckian Arthur B. Hancock, biggest commercial breeder in the U. S. Next largest...
In 1938 U. S. radio receiving set manufacturers sold some 7,150,000 sets, with a retail value of $225,000,000. Last week, on the application of this highly competitive industry, the Federal Trade Commission promulgated its first set of fair-trade rules. Some unfair trade practices proscribed by...