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...word 'Caesar' is said to mean Caesar, this involves the assumption of much historical knowledge. It might be possible to trace back the noises which the Romans made when thew saw the conqueror coming, and which were used in acclamation of the emperor by the Roman mobs. Though the whole concept of meaning is vague, the meaning of a word lies largely in its ability to produce an effect, as when we call someone by name...
...first of a series of nine lectures, Professor Friedrich von der Leyon of the University of Cologne will speak in the Germanic Museum today at 4 o'clock on "Prehistoric Germany." In the following lectures, which will be given in German, von der Leyen will trace the development of German literature from the earliest times to the present day. The history of painting, sculpture, and the arts, as well as the drama and stage settings, will also be treated in the light of their connection with German culture...
...contributed for Democratic use in Virginia against Alfred Emanuel Smith in the 1928 campaign. The Bishop had juggled his accounts beyond all senatorial comprehension and then successfully defied the Committee's demand for an explanation under the Corrupt Practices Act. What Investigator Manly was principally trying to trace through a jungle of bank trans actions was $65,300 contributed by Edwin Cornell Jameson, New York insurance man (TIME, April 28, 1930 et seq.). Of this sum Bishop Cannon had failed to account to Congress for $48,300. Last week the Senate Committee, chairmanned by North Dakota's young...
Kaname Nakamura of the Kyoto observatory staff, when his agitation subsided, was able to trace a gross error. A reporter had misread the Japanese picture-word which described the new heavenly body. The symbol for ten, or ju, is approximately that of the mathematical plus sign (+); for 1,000 or sen, approximately that of the plus-or-minus sign (±). The careless reporter had added the upper cross bar. The new "planet" is a planetoid, about 110 not 11,000 miles in diameter. It lies between Mars and Jupiter in the general orbit of the thousand-odd other planetoids (TIME...
Jews believe that Catholic Alcala Zamora, Spain's new Provisional President, has in his veins a trace of Jewish blood. Last week when Pedro Cardinal Segura y Saenz, Archbishop of Toledo, returned from a visit to Pope Pius XI and attempted to slip into Spain, he was caught by police of the Zamora Government, detained under virtual arrest at Guadalajara, "asked to leave Spain...