Word: use
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trouble his brain with the vulgar strife of ordinary mortals, he need not even incur the sin of wishing that a wealthy forebear be relieved from the pains of earthly existence. He need only consent to have his name spread abroad in the land on some article of common use and then enjoy the tribute he draws from an appreciative world. Only one difficulty yet remains, he must first go through the difficult, perhaps dangerous, process of becoming a popular hero...
Accuracy is a jewel. In TIME, May 23, p. 11, col. 2, paragraph second, line 2, you say: "Almost six feet tall" of "Carrie" Nation, Mrs. Nation-her name is "Carry," not "Carrie," as you say. I have her The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, written by herself...
...willingly concede that you have a large vocabulary and use good English. I like your publication because it tends to improve my English and increase my vocabulary, but I have no desire to increase it with such words as amanuensis. Sensible men would prefer stenographer or secretary I would not be surprised should an early issue of your publication contain a revision of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, using such unusual words as amanuensis instead of the two-syllable words Lincoln used...
...return, he alleged, the U. S. bankers were given a majority position on the boards of the National Bank of Nicaragua, Inc., and the Pacific Railways of Nicaragua, Inc., a position which they allegedly made use of to transfer some 3,500,000 of funds belonging to these institutions from the Royal Bank of Canada to the Guaranty Trust Co. and J. & W. Seligman & Co. Upon these deposits, Señor Tijerīno; alleged that only 2% and 2½% interest is being paid...
Among the problems which, though not entirely peculiar to the Engineering School, have yet assumed greater proportions there than in the College is that of inculcating a certain skill in the use of English in those students who have not acquired such an ability before entering college. The Engineering student, fully occupied with the rigorous requirements of his specialized training, has not the incidental opportunity to develop a clear and facile style in writing which literature courses, and written reports afford his classmate in the College. Moreover, while English A was far from a panacea for all difficulties, the abolition...