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...Reader Sweet mend his mathematics: a googol is not equal to 10². Ten squared is simply 100. Reader Sweet's googolplex is not a googolplex but merely a googol squared. By using a series of ascending powers, a googolplex could be written in comparatively small space; written straight out, it would, as TIME said, stretch further than the visible universe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1938 | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

TIME agrees that it has underestimated Tsar Boris, but Reader Clarke, who is thinking of Christian of Denmark (6 ft. 6 in.) has overestimated Gustav of Sweden. A good guess at Tsar Boris' height...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1938 | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...Reader Moore should pay attention. The "half-witted stooge" of the Reichstag trial was Marinus van der Lubbe, who shortly after the trial ended was beheaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1938 | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

TIME hopes its copy readers will keep Reader Burt alive as long as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1938 | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...give you the keys to the city and you do as you please," reads the circular announcing the event. A "typical program day" is presented the reader. It's really quite a day, since it starts at 4:30 A.M. with a visit to the City Markets, where you will be able to meet personally one Mr. Gannon, Deputy Commissioner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Dollars Will Get a Harvard Man Keys to New York in Spring Vacation | 3/10/1938 | See Source »

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