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Word: thinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hence when Mr. John Sargent Pillsbury is identified in the issue for Dec. 17 with "flour-Eventually. Why not Now?" one weeps to think of the millions which Washburne-Crosby wasted on their slogan for Gold Medal Flour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 31, 1928 | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...moral: Name the commodity in the slogan. "Let the Ivory Twins do your Work." "When you see an Arrow, Think of Smith Brothers Cough Drops." "If it isn't a Whoozis, It isn't a Whatsitsname...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 31, 1928 | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...very careful reader of TIME, and think very highly of it. Hence I cannot help but register a little disapproval at some of your scientific "Bulls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 31, 1928 | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...stimulate the vitality of the tissues a brief, general exposure to ultraviolet rays from a mercury lamp has been made each day since Dec. 15. There is reason to think that this employment of ultraviolet rays has, in combination with the treatment mentioned in previous statements, been beneficial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Crown | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

Indeed, an impartial observer, mindful of the origin of many a Christmas custom, might think of this holiday as one that embraces all creeds, all times, in a common human experience. It occurs at the time of the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its farthest point south, and the day begins to grow longer. Pagans throughout the world, in ages past, held festivals at this period. In ancient Rome at the Saturnalia (Dec. 17-21), windows and rooms were decked with holly wreaths; and at the Sigittaria (Dec. 22), it was customary to give presents, especially dolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 1932nd Anniversary | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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