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Dates: during 1920-1929
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False Lindbergh Book. Some foolish crook took the pains to write a book titled We Fly and, purporting to represent Col. Lindbergh, tried to sell it to Dorrance & Co., Philadelphia publishers, as his work. The attempted fraud was uncovered last week when George Palmer Putnam, New York publisher of Col...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

Prominent among, recent football reforms is the suggestion offered by the Brown Daily Herald of creating 150-pound varsity football teams which should represent universities along with regular elevens. The idea of light-weight football teams has its analogy in crew, where the custom has been long-standing.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

Lobbyists generally prey on Senators. They are fatter, more influential prey than Representatives. Last week Senators- five of them as a special investigating committee-began to prey on lobbyists. Witnesses winced and twitched uncomfortably as Senators Caraway, Walsh of Montana and Borah took the lead in uncovering their undercover work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Great Lobby Hunt | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Teetering on a dilemma was British Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald last week. He had been persuaded to address the American Federation of Labor's convention at Toronto. Militant crusader for his Labor party, he faced the militantly non-partisan A. F. of L. Nimbly he kept his verbal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: At Toronto | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

One of the ablest of college heads, President Tuck removed the bushel that had obscured the light which now radiates from Hanover. He revitalized the once somnolent institution, and President Hopkins has carried on the tradition. The green-jerseyed players and the thousands of supporters of the Indians' fortune who...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMERICANIZATION | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

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