Word: notebook
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...noted with interest the number of cards Starr is holding--nine [NOTEBOOK, Aug. 10]. Unless he is playing some crazy wild-card game, unlikely in high-stakes poker, he has way too many cards. In real life, he would lose the hand and perhaps even be banished from the game! Is this an omen? ROBERT P. CLIFFORD Palos Verdes, Calif...
...battle of the networks: Out came the big guests, the big anchors and Orrin Hatch's family-values tie. Since the President's address was only four minutes long, the nets had a lot of time to fill, and it showed. Continuing our highly praised, service-oriented journalism, Notebook critiques the performances...
...quotation "I know that there is a God, and I see a storm coming. If he has a place for me, I am ready," which you ascribed to John F. Kennedy [NOTEBOOK, Aug. 3], actually comes from J.G. Holland's Life of Lincoln, published in 1866. Holland claimed that Lincoln, expressing his determination to resist the spread of slavery, told an Illinois educator in the spring of 1860, "I know there is a God, and...I see the storm coming...If he has a place and work for me...I am ready." But William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner...
...WINNER! About 500 people accepted our challenge two weeks ago to write a parody of a nursery rhyme that dealt with a subject in the news. In a close competition, Cheryl Georgeson of Lincoln, Neb., prevailed, and will collect a coveted Notebook T shirt. Her entry parodied "Mary Had a Little Lamb...
ANNOUNCING NOTEBOOK CONTEST #2, in which readers are asked to consider the new Alfred Hitchcock postage stamp, shown here, and then design a stamp, depicting some current figure or event, that the Postal Service might reasonably issue in the year 2050. Fax your entry to (212) 467-1010, e-mail it to Letters@time.com or mail it to TIME Notebook Contest #2, Room 2321B, Time & Life Building, New York...