Word: timed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIME, Oct. 23, p. 14, ". . . [John Nance Garner's] Neon-blue eyes. . . ." If you will check the spectrum of Neon you will find it emits mostly orange and red wavelengths of light. Mercury or argon are the usual sources of blue light used in signs...
...TIME of Nov. 6 quotes New York Times Correspondent Tolischus' anecdote quoting Stalin as having reassured a Baltic foreign minister with the words, "Never mind, I'll protect you from these great Russians"-meaningful words turned meaningless because of a slight error. The reference is, of course, to imperialist traditions of Tsarist days, when the Great-Russians (Velikorussy) dominated the White-Russians (Belorussy), the Little-Russians (Malorussy) or Ukrainians and countless non-Russians, including the Baltic nationalities and Stalin's own native Georgians. Thus, Stalin spoke as one member of an oppressed nationality to another-as crude...
...TIME Flies...
Clubs and news-thirsty individuals in Buenos Aires wanted TIME on time, or as near it as possible. Air Express was the answer. So we organized the TIME on Time Club of Argentina and now Panairliners flash the red TIME signal of hot world news down to Miami, over the Caribbean, along the Pacific coast and over the Andes to us in four and a half days...
Even seemingly infallible TIME must err occasionally. This time it appears to have gone fancy free in its issue of Nov. 6, as regards the topography of this section of America...