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...AMERICAN THESAURUS OF SLANG-Lester V. Berrey and Melvin Van den Bark-Crowell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Slang | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...hard spanking of Havelock Ellis, he accuses Ellis of betraying his Puritanism by using the word obscenity-though he himself has used the whole thesaurus of sexual fear and shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Two Against Freud | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...blue cards, to be attached to interoffice correspondence, an oft-repeated question of Secretary Morgenthau: "Does it contribute to Recovery?" At the White House, when Mr. Roosevelt expressed displeasure at "appeasement," correspondents asked him for a better word. He mused a while, then said he would look in his Thesaurus, tell them later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Appeasement | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...John Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases, Henry Thomas Buckle's History of Civilization are three indispensable aids to erudite orators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Vigilant Fisherman | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...hundred Harvard men, more contributors than from any other college, have written articles for the fourteenth edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, according to a recent survey. In all there are 3,700 contributors to the 20-volume thesaurus of knowledge. American contributors number 1,250 and of these 16 per cent., or 200 authorities hold degrees from Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200 Harvard Men Contributed To Fourteenth Edition of Brittanica--14 Prominent Faculty Members Among Group | 6/14/1933 | See Source »

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