Word: vol
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...DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. VOL...
Still to Come. The word micrography does not yet appear in the O.E.D. But the history of that word will be available in the very near future. For Oxford has just released its newest updated volume (A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, Vol. I, 1,331 pages; $50). Volume I goes only from A through G. Volume II, H through P, and Volume III, Q through Z, are expected within the next five years. When the supplement is completed, it will have more than 50,000 words and 1.5 million quotations selected at times to entertain as well...
Just as well. Vol. I, No. 1 is dominated by worthy but wordy pieces that reflect the stodginess of the old Saturday...
...conscientious gourmet: recipes for lentil soup as well as filets mignons Grimod de la Reynière, a serialized Dictionary of Gastronomy and reviews of restaurants at home and abroad that Claiborne hopes will ultimately reach from Peoria to Peking. "We mean to amuse and advise," wrote Claiborne in Vol. 1, No. 1. He promises "never to use the words gourmet, gourmand and epicure except in cases of extreme necessity...
...Harvard Advocate: Commemorative to James Agee. Vol CV Number Four Feb. 1972 Available Thurs., March 2 at the Union, the dining halls of Harvard houses, Cabot, Currier, Holmes, Comstock, Cabot, the Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont, The Childe Room Widener, Lehman Hall...