Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There he is writing the third volume of his autobiography, Seventy Summers, the first two volumes of which have already been published and contain the now famous statement that famed novelist Wells has the appearance of "a stockbroker or a traveling salesman," which caused Mr. Wells to retort with asperity, "I suppose the thing is a libel and a damaging libel but life is too short to chase libels" (TIME, Jan. 25). Mr. Bigelow however continues in full cry after Mr. Wells' allegedly libelous retort to his allegedly libelous statement. Said he as a parting shot to the reporters last...
Carolus Cell. In Rome, a recent statement of Guglielmo Marconi that "it will soon be possible to transmit a picture or a whole page of print across the Atlantic by radio," was amplified. Marconi's prophecy, it appeared, was based on the development, in various European laboratories, of a new photo-electric cell, much more sensitive than the selenium cells hitherto used with indifferent results. The inventor of the cell was one Dr. Carolus, who had based his work on the so-called Kerr method of influencing polarized light so that high voltage produces a strong light ray, low voltage...
Wednesday. Rain again. A reporter told me that William C. ("Pop") Fuller, who has coached me simply for ages, had given out a statement to the effect that I had a good chance against the Lenglen woman, and that my plan of battle had all been figured out before I left California. Pop said that I would drive hard, and aim at the corners of the court; the reporter wanted to know if this was true. . . I am afraid it is. And it is also true that I am going to play with a wooden racket, and a felt-covered...
...course primarily in literature with as little elementary rhetoric as possible has long been expressed by undergraduates and graduates alike and it is possible that the change in leadership of the course may mean a partial realization of that desire. Professor Perry has refused to make any statement with regard to his plans. That he will find himself obliged to give up all his courses except English 41 seems likely...
...terms of this purely farcial rider, the Deputies themselves would be required to file the following information with the Government, which must then publish it in the Journal Officiel: 1) A statement of their total wealth on the day that France entered the War and on the day that the Armistice was signed. 2) A statement of their present total yearly incomes from all sources. 3) A list of every article which they own together with a declaration of its value and a statement of how many horses they own and the horsepower of their automobiles...