Word: countering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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TIME is my favorite magazine. In St. Petersburg, Fla., recently I made a canvass of a number of newsstands before I found a copy of TIME. When found, the man behind the counter remarked when he handed it to me, "This is only a rich man's magazine." When asked why he thought so, he said: "One never sees the portrait of any other than a rich man, on the front cover." He challenged me to name a single exception. I could not do it. Are there...
...practice should be lengthened and formalized into class competition providing in this manner for more intense interest in "Athletics for All". This would by no means eliminate intercollegiate sport. It would merely cut down schedules whose length at present unquestionably interfere with the intramural spirit by providing an overwhelming counter interest appealing to the potential spectator which exists in every...
Today I had eaten lunch and, in preparation for drawing out my wallet and paying my check at the cashier's window, I laid my copy of TIME on the counter. The very flapperish-looking girl behind the bars took up the copy and when I went to hand her my money, she smiled and said, "It's a marvelous magazine, don't you think?" We conversed for some minutes, and I have a date with her. From now on I shall use TIME to help me pick up my dates...
...Cambridge police court. Many another famed son of Harvard was there with him. Blood and eggs had stained Harvard Square in the largest town-and-gown outbreak of recent years (TIME, Feb. 21). Thirty-three students and six "townies" were on trial for disturbing the peace. Distinguished counsel argued counter-charges against the Cambridge police, who had, complained the riotous students, been unnecessarily brutal with their nightsticks. Nothing more serious than fines and reprimands promised to result from the hearings, but the testimony was not without its highlights...
...second period was almost at an and when R. Fryberger sweeping in and out of the Crimson defense, evaded all his opponents and poked the puck past Morrill for his team's initial counter...