Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...jealousy. For luncheon at the Nicollet Hotel, food was served, not speeches. Then the party drove to the State Fair Grounds?neutral territory between the rivalrous twins. No President had been in the vicinity since President Wilson called in 1919. In 1921, Vice President Coolidge spoke at that very spot and met a chilly reception. In spite of wind and rain, a crowd of 100,000 or more stood in rapt attention last week, while the President, speaking from the judges' stand opposite the grandstand, praised the Norwegians who first came to this country a century ago. The Norwegian Minister...
Most Important Spot in World...
...increase in income of the Geneva tradesmen since the League came to town, or to note in what proportions the tourist trade at nearby Chamonix has swelled. What we do know is that Geneva, for at least one month in the year, presumably September, has become the most important spot in the world, or at any rate important enough to warrant the strict attention of all civilized mankind, including both supporters and opponents of the League. To this ancient town every fall flock from all parts of the the globe statesmen, politicians who are not statesmen, journalists, authors, students...
...spot of bare earth about as big as a monocle, in the surface of a grass tennis court, in Orange, N. J., William T. Tilden II, National Lawn Tennis Champion, glared. There were many other such spots in the court, which was not a very good one. During the course of his game, Champion Tilden glared at most of them. Sometimes, indeed, he stopped short and addressed them in terms that involved the names of prominent Biblical characters. The spectators pitied Champion Tilden's trouble with the spots, which assuredly gave an abominable twist to many of the balls...
...attempt to list. You are fair, concise, pointed and complete. Your letter department interests me greatly. Pay no attention to those peewit minds which are inclined to quibble over the minutiae. You have the right idea of what a weekly should be and you have certainly "hit the spot with me." But one admonition, and that for the future only, since I have never seen a trace of the fault in TIME in the past. That is: BEWARE OF OPINIONATED NEWS! Only facts, presented as you present them, are all that is necessary to keep TIME the unimpeachable criterion...