Word: youre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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I wish to enter a protest against your use of dashes in your Letters columns when you delete profanity. I approve the deletions, but I see no good reason why you should pique the curiosity of your occasionally profane readers by having all dashes of equal length.
I suggest that in future you use single, double, triple and so on dashes according to the number of letters in the words deleted. Thus if one of your correspondents referred to some person as a - - - - -- it would offend no one, and at the same time members of the Ancient...
As a brother-journalist interested in accuracy and as an admiring reader of TIME, permit me to challenge a statement on page 32 of your March 25 issue under the Music department to this effect:
Sirs: In a footnote of your issue of March 18, on page 13, you speak of J. Sterling Morton as "Secretary of the Interior under Cleveland." May I ask if you are not wrong in this placing of Mr. Morton? If my recollection serves me right, Mr. Morton was Secretary...
Old Mike, Farewell! We all regret you, Although you would not let us pet you; Of cats, the wisest oldest best cat, This be your motto,-Requiescat!