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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Every egg laid in Scotland after June 1, 1929, will be stamped with a national mark (see p. 21). Whether the mark shall read "Laid in Scotland" or "something more dignified" was weightily considered last week by His Majesty's Secretary of State for Scotland, fussy Sir John Gilmour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 'Third Class Eggs | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...corrected position signals, grew seasick. All wireless resources spanning the Atlantic came into play. Twelve steamships altered or considered altering their courses for rescue purposes. In the meantime Courtney pondered the almost indefatigable jinx which has attended his flying career (TIME, July 18, 27). At length radio-operator Gilmour said he saw a ship. "Liar," remarked Courtney, near-defeatist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Pick-Ups | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

With Courtney: Canadian-banker Hosmer, his backer; Mechanic Pierce; Radio-operator Gilmour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Pick-Ups | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...Coach Gilmour Dobie, bloomer from Cornell, permitted himself the hitherto undreamed of liberty of stating that Cornell would win. Possibly he was indulging himself in sarcasm. Penn's hard eleven beat Cornell's softer eleven a little worse than expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football Matches: Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...Though stars burn out quickly, the quieter light of coaches burns steadily in the football background. Who now knows the names of Russell Lloyd or J. T. Haxall?* But who does not know of Robert C. Zuppke (Illinois), Hugo Bezdek (Penn State), Glenn Warner (Stanford), William W. Roper (Princeton), Gilmour Dobie (Cornell), Fielding H. Yost (Michigan), Howard H. Jones (Southern California), T. A, D. Jones (Yale), Capt. L. M. ("Biff") Jones (Army) and Knute Kenneth Rockne (Notre Dame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football Matches: Nov. 7, 1927 | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

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