Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sometimes caught napping, TIME never sleeps. Let Subscriber Wendemuth burrow again into her piled-up TIMES, extract the issue of July 22, turn to p. 14, under department heading "Women," story headline "F. B. P. W. C." and read a 35-line report on B. & P. women...
Despite prophecies that the winner of the contest would mysteriously become a "second Edison" at once, and rumors that Inventor Edison would turn all his duties over to the "brightest bright boy" and then retire, the contest was held for no such spectacular reason. Its purpose was described in the rules as "to stimulate the interest of the youth of America in mental development, with particular emphasis on scientific matters, and, more generally, in the high ideals that make for the highest type of American manhood." When reports that he would retire continued, Inventor Edison said, "I never intend retiring...
...turn on the water, sir," said Chairman Colonel the Right Honorable John Gretton...
...Turn-of-the-century sportwriters' term, short for "fanatics...
...vast red hat, symbol of Cardinals, was bestowed on Mgr. Schuster three days later in public consistory. As the Pope bestowed the hat, he pronounced Mgr. Schuster "elevated to the splendor of the Roman purple." The new Cardinal kissed the papal slipper, hand, cheek. He was in turn embraced by the 25 assembled Cardinals, who touched his cheeks with theirs...