Word: walnut
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Frogs in Texas" (TIME, Oct. 26). I have every respect for Mr. Joe Fitzgerald's letter referring to "those Texas Frogs" but do want to comment on Frog No. 20. In this letter we have 20 frogs accurately sized beginning with No. t about as large as a walnut up to No. 20. It is assumed that each frog is exactly twice as large as the one preceding it in the "Bell Ringing Act." Let us set down this little problem as follows...
Frog No. 1-size-1 walnut...
Assuming an average walnut has a volume of 1 cu. in. and a cubic foot has 1,728 cu. in. in it we get 524,288 divided by 1,728 equals...
...liked the dining halls. We liked the comfortable unhurried digestion that is concomitant with impeccable service in long panelled walnut dining rooms, staffed with brisk and efficient waitresses in uniforms of English service. We liked the ladies whom the Corporation has managed to coerce into accepting the situations of head- waitresses; and the way in which they asked whether the dinner was good. We liked the printed menus and the good food, and the spotless napery...
...Club expects to have a blanket membership of seven or eight men in the Walnut Hill association, but nobody will be permitted to shoot there unless he has already paid the annual dues for the Harvard Club. Walnut Hill has long been famous for its numerous experts in different branches of firearms, and it is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the country...