Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...writer is asking that TIME do the Pittsburgh Courier the justice of publishing its correct circulation, because for years we have had our circulation audited every year and it is not necessary for anyone to guess at our circulation. We are enclosing you herewith a photostat copy of our last audit, and we are asking that you do us the favor to correct our circulation inasmuch as the figures given by you (TIME, Oct. 27), if seen by our advertisers, will subject us to rebate...
...fireworks and burnings-in-effigy as eagerly as U. S. tots yearn for July 4. English lexicographers know that to "do a guy" is to "do a bunk" or "decamp." As a noun "guy" means in England any sort of effigy or grotesque figure. The following example of correct usage of this noun is classic...
While winter rowing does not serve to keep oarsmen in the pink of condition, it nevertheless affords the coach an opportunity to criticize and correct individual flaws in oarsmanship which would otherwise go unnoticed. "I want as many candidates for crews as possible." said Coach Whiteside. "Inexperienced Freshmen, in particular, should come out. Often a man who has never rowed before will show his ability during winter rowing; there has always been at least one man on the University eight each year who, when he came to Harvard, had never rowed before. Freshmen should come out, whether they have experience...
Please tell an interested subscriber the technical device used in Hell's Angels in the scene in which the airplane cut into the Zeppelin (TIME. June 29). I understand no models were used. Is this correct? If so how did the pilot of the plane get out in time...
...Running his fingers over the "Van Rensselaer" plates he announced at once that they "didn't feel right." A more careful examination convinced him that the service was of plain Lowestoft porcelain which had been skilfully decorated on top of the glaze, then sandpapered to give approximately the correct "feel...