Word: specializing
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Perhaps Shrewd Friend Minturn was not so shrewd-nor TIME either. Section 163 of the Postal Laws and Regulations of 1924 reads: "Postage stamps, or special delivery stamps, whether affixed to envelopes or not, shall not be redeemed for the public nor exchanged for other postage stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, or postal cards. . . ." And Postmaster Shamus O'Brien might well keep in mind the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1909 (now in title 18, section 331 of the United States Code) prescribing quite a penalty for postmasters who induce purchases for the purpose of increasing their...
Laboriously sawing wood on the Tariff at the special session last fall, the Senate struck a new and screechy knot-independence of the Philippines. Great has been the growth among U. S. beet and cane growers of the notion that the free importation of Filipino sugar menaced their industry. Senator King of Utah (beets) and Senator Broussard of Louisiana (cane) offered amendments to cut the Islands loose and thereby put their sugar production outside the U. S. tariff wall. Their amendments were defeated, but the agitation for getting rid of the Philippines to reduce agricultural competition by no means subsided...
This contest is open to any undergraduate student of Harvard, the winner to receive a medal and a cash prize of $250. The basis for the competition is general and specific knowledge of the news of the world over a set period of time. No special preparation in the nature of courses is required nor is any registration necessary. The contest is open to all men in any branch of the College who have an interest in the news, and it is only necessary to appear at the designated hour and place to take the examination...
Harvard University is taking an active part in the study and relief of these special problems through the Albert Russel Erakine Bureau for Street Traffic Research. The Burean, which bears the name of the president of the Studebaker Corporation of America, was created in 1926 by the President and Fellows of the University as a result of a grant made by the Studebaker Corporation through the interest of Paul G. Hoffman, its vice-president...
Twice nightly they broadcast from their special studio rigged up in the theatre. "We have a special line to New York," said Amos, who carried on most of the conversation. "It goes first to New York and then comes back to Boston. The National Broadcasting Company is our manager, not the toothpaste company...