Word: compendium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...expert is this Mr. Malaprop that for years the press room has designated one man to keep up-to-date a compendium of McSheehyisms. Culled at random, we offer (all of these delivered from the floor in public meetings of the Board of Supervisors...
Besides its gift of books, the Carnegie Foundation also publishes fortnightly an eight-page compendium of international relations, supposed by many scholars to be one of the most unbiased and accurate summaries of its kind in the country...
...legs. Swallowing his pain, he quickly picked up the thread of his comments on his hostess' art collection. When a few minutes later she asked how he felt, little Thomas answered: "Thank you, madam, the agony is abated." At eight he wrote his Compendium of Universal History, a record of leading events from creation to the current year (1808). Next followed a long heroic poem, part of which celebrated the career of his father, Zachary, famed abolitionist and founder of the Bible Society (forerunner of the Gideon Society). At twelve, with little effort, he memorized Paradise Lost and Pilgrim...
...pictures the armed vessels of the world so that naval officers who spot them on the horizon can tell at a glance to what nation they belong, what type of ship they are, and make preparations to fight or run away. Each year Jane's brings the compendium of marine armed forces up to date with details of new ships, alterations and ships projected. Biggest known buyer of the book: the Japanese Navy, which purchases 1,000, puts at least one on every ship. Next biggest...
Science for the Citizen was published four months ago in England where it was a non-fiction bestseller. No doubt sales in the U. S. will be equally large. The book is a remarkably learned compendium of scientific information, and when Professor Hogben wanders into little essays on the historical and present interrelations of science and society he does so with lucidity. But it is unlikely that everyone who buys Science for the Citizen will read it through. For Professor Hogben has obviously overestimated the stamina of the lay reader, even of intelligent, fairly well educated...