Word: true
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...carving." But always Comrade Dr. Nelski sewed up his gaping incisions with admirable neatness - as neatly as a cobbler stitching uppers to a sole. Last week a stern Kiev judge sentenced "The Slasher" to six years in jail. He had confessed that his real name is Ivan Kolesnikov, his true profession shoemaking. Eight years ago, amid the chaos of post-Revolution Russia, he stole the diploma and paraphernalia of a certain assassinated Dr. Nelski, palmed himself off as a surgeon on ignorant Tashkenters. "I looked upon him as a man of practical efficiency," testified Kiev's Comrade Health Director...
...have our cat, our dog, our wife and TIME, a quartet which is always true and faithful...
...have made ideal roto 'shots.' Lindbergh declined the offer and asked for a bill for the enlargement, which the Times sent. "If the colonel had sent the pictures to one of the tabloids for reproduction and enlargement-!" The facts, however, were not quite as stated by Variety. True, Charles Augustus Lindbergh had sent the snapshots to be developed. But he sent them, not to the Times but to his good and trusted friend Jesse S. Butcher, editor of the Times' feature news service. Honest Editor Butcher developed the negatives himself, did not offer to buy them, presented...
...banish the split infinitive from the speech of Harvard men is perhaps an object worthy of the serious attention of the faculty, but the process is unduly painful. To sit at the feet of wisdom and imbibe a true love of the English language necessitates inspiring instructors, and in English A1, the inspiring quality of the instructor is more than likely to be determined by the whims of the fickle Goddess of Fate. Given a poor instructor, any natural inclinations towards the study of English are likely to be smothered under the soporific influence of the teachings of the mediocre...
...Gilligan, who recovered in a minute or so. Just before swooning the plucky Cadet signal-caller is alleged to have said "Leave us sit down a minute, Tommy." We will not go bail for its absolute authenticity, but it is a nice little addition to the saga; and if true, it goes to prove once more that history repeats itself. Tommy Loughran, out on his feet in his recent fisticuff with "Boston Jack" Sharkey, is reported to have said "Leave us sit down a minute, Jack". Like Bowman...