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In Alaska, where thinking hard to stay warm can be a requirement for survival, 258 residents?one out of every 2,000 souls, a rate higher than anywhere else in the U.S.?submitted ideas to a Department of Energy small grants program. Elizabeth Hart of Galena won $13,800...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cooling of America | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Should you write "in the 1960s" or "in the 1960's"? Is it "a U.S. Representative" or "an U.S. Representative"? Where does the apostrophe go in "the Smiths' (or Smith's) car"?*Fifteen times a day, on the average, telephone callers put these questions to an Emporia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Vowell, who presides with consonance over the university's writing lab in Emporia, Kans., offers free guidance on a writer's hot line, a Dial-a-Grammarian service for students and anyone else who calls with a question about correct usage. Other such lines have sprung up lately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Grammarphone | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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