Word: space
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stand creet and walk comfortably, providing that the walker does not mind a temperature of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Everywhere, that is except the point where it crosses Massachusetts Avenue. At this point the subterranean traveler must get in a little car and pull himself over the small space between the street surface and the so-called Elevated...
Belgian news organs gave space to a ridiculous fable concerning her prowess as a cook last week. Prince Leopold's infatuation, they declared, dates from the hour when he consumed an endive salad-his favorite dish-prepared with especial deftness by Princess Astrid...
Competition in the Editorial Department implies a good literary style and an ability for lucid expression within limited space. Candidates will be expected to write editorials daily on topics connected with the University, or on subjects of humorous or political interest...
...week of plenty, the people voted, heaping good measure-considering the wealth of divertissements given by the San Carlo ballet. Critics had little to say, found no performers of phenomenal worth, none of complete inadequacy, devoted in consequence large portions of their space to witticisms at the expense of operatic absurdities, commented too on the few yawning seats, wondered if the cry for opera at popular prices is as genuine as it has appeared to be, if next season, when the San Carlo has its permanent Manhattan home, Fortune Gallo will be able to hold his record of making opera...
...president. You are competing for the opportunity to give up still other theatres, dances, and bridge, while you so on in the effort to be assistant managing editor, managing editor, and president. You are competing for the chance to write headlines, to try and fit 15 letters into a space meant for 14, a chance to edit copy, to rate the news value of stories; a chance to go downstairs and make up the next day's issue, to take the type in your hands and but in the forms, to lop off a bit here and another bit there...