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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...usual midday Scotch & splash, drank wine with the meal (oysters, roast chicken, potatoes, peas, duck pâté, salad, ices, fruit). Another day he lunched in a corporals' mess room, another in a chateau used by Napoleon before, and by Wellington after, Waterloo. The King's comment to an artillery officer was quoted as his cheering verdict to all ranks: "As long as we keep on the way we are going now, we won't need to worry about the outcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Visitors | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...From a personality test) Q.: "Do you think that this school is run as if it were a prison?" Reviewer's comment: "It is questionable whether high-school students would have the courage and the desire to answer such questions honestly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Now, Oscar! | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...With what person do you spend the most time?" Correct answer: "With mother." Comment: This answer might mean one thing when given by a nine-year-old, quite another from a 16-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Now, Oscar! | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...institution) Q.: "This institution 1) is the most beloved of institutions, 2) is necessary to the very existence of civilization, 3) gives real help in meeting moral problems, 4) will destroy civilization if it is not radically changed, 5) has done more for society than any other institution." Comment: Try rating the Interstate Commerce Commission on that scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Now, Oscar! | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Saturday afternoon Fairbank and Thomas C. Pressly '40 in the Concluding Guardian broadcast for this semester, discussed "America's choice in the Far East." Fairbank, who is a recognized authority on the Far East, felt that a summary and comment on the broadcast would be appropriate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairbank Warns U.S. Not to Overlook Crisis in Its Far Eastern Relationships | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

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