Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hours later the patrolman's attention was arrested by a crimson puddle of blood that spread its darkening stain over the flagstones at No. 346 West 41st St. A hundred feet from the corner the Negro lay in the gutter with two bullet holes in his body. Patrolman Meehan glanced casually at the black, distorted face, and then stepped to the telephone to inform his captain that the person known to the police as Louis Phal, and to the public as Battling Siki, once light- heavyweight champion of the world, had been shot to death...
Your publicity men have spread abroad the knowledge that TIME is "the fastest growing non-fiction magazine in the U.S." What is the present circulation of TIME? In a friendly argument I wagered $10 that it was over 100,000. Kindly advise me whether I win or lose...
...meeting tomorrow will be addressed by the Editorial Chairman, who will explain the work required of candidates. The work consists mainly in reading current newspapers and magazines, and in writing editorials on matters of national interest and wilde-spread importance, as well as those pertaining to Harvard. Articles on educational, social, and political topics may be treated in the editorial columns of the CRIMSON...
...dawn, on the edge of a jungle, he cut off his long hair with a sword, exchanged clothes with a wretched mendicant, and betook himself with five disciples to a gorge in the Vindhya Mountains, where he gave himself up to fasting and terrible penances. His fame spread "like the sound of a great bell hung in the canopy of the skies." One day he decided that to attempt to reach God through the emptiness of his belly was preposterous. He ate a healthy meal; refused to continue his morti- fications. His disciples left him. For a long while...
That CRIMSON editorials have wide-spread recognition may be seen in the fact that last year over 50 were quoted by Metropolitan papers. Many of these were written by editorial candidates. This competition is to be open to Juniors only...