Word: reference
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...South African Association for the Advancement of Science. That Association last week began a fortnight's entertain-ment of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Capetown, Johannesburg, Pretoria. If the British Association met in the Dominion of Canada, Canadian and U. S. newspapers would tersely refer to it as the B.A.A.S.. or "British Ass." South African papers last week avoided abbreviation, for a great part of the population there is Dutch and still hate their British conquerors and masters. In their tongue B.A.A.S. would spell revolting baas, "master," "boss...
...North German Lloyd a whole new post-Versailles fleet of 700,000 tons. A stickler for short cuts, he insists on being called only "STIMMING." Even the German Who's Who does not seem to know that the great little Prussian's parents used to refer to him as "Karl." Last week as he stood in the enormous shadow of the Bremen, the General Director must have felt as proud as a flea that had whelped a whale. Too modest and certainly too wise to boast, STIMMING compressed his exultation into three sentences that spoke volumes, "Mein herren...
...Austin is a sort of British Ford. The Seven does not, of course, refer to cylinders but to horsepower. The Austin is only 9 ft. 2 in. long, 3 ft. 10 in. wide and weighs only 950 lbs. Production date and price have not been announced, but it is understood that the Austin will sell for less than $500. Financing of the U. S. company will be handled by Bulkley, Vallance & Co., of Manhattan...
...that escapes my attention and interest, and on p. 13, col. 3, of the current number (July 1) of TIME, you made comment of the mistake in the arrest of Djenany Bey, the dark-skinned Second Secretary of the Turkish Embassy in Washington, while under the photographic likeness . . . you refer to him as "Egypt's Djenany...
...rich sheep rancher, Republican Senator Warren was dubbed "the greatest shepherd since Abraham" because of his interest in a high wool tariff. His friends have now twisted this sarcastic epithet around to refer, in complimentary manner, to his legislative skill in herding bills through to passage. For the past eight years he has been chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a post largely honorary since the House Appropriations Committee really does the hard work of framing supply bills...