Word: term
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This article does not intend to imply that as far as cultural standards are concerned there is nothing more to be asked. Far from that! It wishes only to assert that the doldrums of low aesthetic standards (for lack of a better term) are by no means a permanent condition in this country, at least. --Yale News...
Mere publicity cannot be objected to. But the publicity, whether it is in move form, orange-covered novels or newspaper headlines, makes a never-ending stream of unconscious propaganda. It is the constant propaganda which has attached the word "collegiate" with "whoopee." It has given false connotations to every term in school usage...
Griswold, who edited the Review two years ago, has written an article on "Reaching the Interest of the Beneficiary of the Spend-thrift Trust" while Professors Frankfurter and Sandis have joined in an essay on "The Business of the Supreme Court in the October term, 1928". These men have written a book called "Business of the Supreme Court", to which the essay adds further information...
...Thieving as a Moslem," is a common term of reproach among Bengal Hindus. 'Vain as a Babu,"* is the prompt response of Bengal Mohammedans. Last week Calcutta's Mohammedan quarter shook with Homeric laughter at the latest, greatest example of Babu vanity. Potent among Bengal market-gardeners is the wealthy Roy Mukerji Das, who employs 2,000 laborers in his truck gardens, holds a virtual monopoly of the Calcutta vegetable market. Last week, pondering his own potency, the great Roy Mukerji Das sent a letter to officials of the Calcutta Markets Committee: "Honored Gentlemen: "Herewith I make application...
...Last week there came to term $950,000 of Auburn notes. Holders had been able to buy Auburn stock at $83.91 per share...