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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Commentators observed that no matter what the nature of the new building may turn out to be, it will resemble all other U. S. legations to the extent of having for its telegraphic and cable address the code word "Amlegation." Citizens of the U. S. who rove abroad would do well to remember also that in capitals where the U. S. is represented by an Ambassador his address is "Amembassy," plus, of course, the name of the city where the Embassy is located...
...gelatine to a strip of paper, which might be rolled compactly. And that led to a new kind of camera, the Kodak (1888). Mr. Eastman invented the name by fiddling with a batch of separate letters until he put together a group that looked alluring and sounded sensible. The word is now a common noun, verb and radical in European languages. It appears in standard dictionaries...
Hours in a dentist's chair are in themselves unpleasant, but they bring a sense of security, of satisfaction that time could not be better spent. Now comes the word from Germany that these visits are the causes of new misery. Some time ago, Professor Stock, famed Berlin chemist, published an article on the dangers of using amalgam* for fillings. One Professor His then decided to study the problem in his medical clinic. He took a group of workmen who had contact with mercury in their daily occupation, a group of patients whose only contact with mercury...
...line or a word, an innuendo or a criticism from cover to cover, that can offend or displease...
When the Committee on Christian Unity and Industrial Problems, headed by Bishop McConnell, presented their 5,000-word report, it was adopted without important revisions. The report declared that it was the obligation of the governments of economically advanced countries to make certain that less advanced peoples were protected from social injustice, and that they share the fruits of economic progress. Further, the report suggested that public loans, to be used in undeveloped areas, be made only with the knowledge and approval of the League of Nations, and subject to the provisions which it prescribes...