Word: sorts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Subscriber Gould wins $10. The circulation of TIME crossed the 100,000 mark three weeks ago. The Circulation Manager states that the circulation of TIME has increased nearly 50% during 1925, thus retaining the titles of "fastest growing non-fiction magazine" and "the fastest growing $5 magazine of any sort...
...this sort of thing is unnecessary, if not a bit absurd, when there are any number of ways to eliminate it. The simple expedient of a sign erected for vehicles coming up Plympton street would serve admirably. What could be simpler: all north bound traffic mush come to a full stop before crossing Mount Auburn Street. This method is used successfully in many large cities, and requires only some boards, paint, and a not too lethargic police department to put it into operation. David N. Scoll...
...There is no sort of writing that affords more enjoyment than editorial writing. As is not true in news competitions, where the style of the candidate is more or less standardized, in editorial competitions the candidate is given a chance to develop his own style, which he changes to suit different types of subjects...
...Wild Duck" that I am now playing I would like to say a few words about my interpretation of Gina. Reviewers and ignoramuses have sometimes asserted that Gina was a slut and a rather frowsy hausfran. I am convinced that Gina, as Ibson saw her, was nothing of the sort. In the first place, Dr. Relling, the only character in the play besides Gina herself who sees the other members of the household as they really are, shows distinct sympathy for her. She is living in an atmosphere of romantic illusion which she knows is the most comfortable thing...
...precious moments "The Wedding Song", the other picture on the program, showed an excellent grasp of pearl fishing in Pacific waters. Not that we know much about the pearl business, but the boys were going at it in a nice sort of way and were getting up lots of oysters. Nobody was opening them up just then, but everything pointed to a couple of necklaces by sundown, if the cysters crashed through all right...