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Word: sheets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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FRANCIS JURASCHEK President Freystadt-Juraschek, Inc. New York City Sirs: By all means let's have one magazine with full sails and a taut sheet-rope. THE SOUTHWICK Co. New York City Sirs: It takes some courage to limit the size of your publication. CLARENCE R. LINDNER San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, Cal. Sirs: It takes considerable courage, I imagine, to take such a stand, but as a reader and advertiser appreciate your policy and hope you will benefit by it. W. S. BASINGER Passenger Traffic Mgr. Union Pacific System Omaha, Neb. Sirs: In the opinion of Mr. Lillibridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Limitation Policy | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...only 60% of our claims. I wrote our refusal and the heads of what we must have on a half sheet of note paper. We waited half an hour. Later he returned. He had advanced the offer 100,000 pounds a quarter of an hour back. Now he came with 50,000 more. He said that it was all he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Snowden Tattles | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

...General Overseer Voliva, last week was a bad week for an invasion. Stanch fundamentalist, he believes the world "is square and flat like a sheet of paper," offers $1,000 to anyone who can disprove him. When the Graf Zeppelin started he predicted dire calamity awaited it. Informed that it had docked safely in Friedrichshafen, he sulked and refused to issue a statement. Smart Sister Locy was quick to take advantage of this. As a prime Voliva-baiting tactic she nightly challenged him to debate the earth's shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: McPherson v. Voliva | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

...mother-in-law of Statesman Patrick Henry. Mr. Parkes described himself as a "Printer, by whom subscriptions are taken . . . at 15 shillings per Ann. And Book Binding is done reasonably, in the best manner." The issues, 7½ in. wide by 12½ in. long, contained but four pages (one sheet folded like letter paper), with two columns on each page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In San Francisco | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

Manhattan papers were prompt in harassing college professors for answers which were quickly printed. An exception was the New York Mirror, gum-chewers sheet, which decided to print the questions and answers under the caption "Ediquests" at the announced rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Brightest Boys | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

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