19 FEBRUARY 1943, page 14

Sir,—if It Is True, As You State In Your Notes

on "Mr. Low's Degrees," that the title of Professor lapses " with the relinquishment of the Chair to which it is attached," it is presumably inaccurate to accord the title to......

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SIR,—In your issue of February 12th " Janus " does less than justice to Basic English. So intelligently and skilfully has the selection of words been made that an astonishing......

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SIR,—Mr. Herbert Morrison, in his survey of future opportunities in foreign markets, rightly stressed the importance of vigorous market research and selling effort for British......

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SIR,—What is there in the title of Professor which seems in some quarters so precious and in others to border on the ridiculous? Touching on the latter, one remembers mountebank......