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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hope to master any science, the laws of banking or the laws of trade. He can only touch the outer circle in medicine or law. The fields have become too large. If he attempts too much, he scatters his energies. If he concentrates too much, he becomes a specialist with narrow horizon or a cog in complicated machinery. Better the ability given by the old training, to master any subject, than a restricted knowledge of a single field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 9/21/1929 | See Source »

...factory apprentices. There will be, of course, no church. Specifications call for such typically U. S. details as automatic fire sprinkler systems in all buildings. Few concerns would dare contract to build such a city in 15 months. Gigantic specialist, the Austin Co. keeps in stock all essential parts of a carefully standardized line of buildings, is expert at getting these assembled by local labor. Thus only Austin engineers will go to Austingrad and all the actual assembling and construction on the spot will be done by Russians. From the founding of the company in 1904 it has sloganed: "Undivided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Austin's Austingrad | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

Died. Dr. Charles Williamson Richardson, 68, of Washington, D. C., ear, nose & throat specialist, friend and physician to Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Coolidge; in Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 9, 1929 | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...that parents, moralists, sociologists and legislators might know more about dance halls, the U. S. Children's Bureau* commissioned Ella Gardner, specialist, to compile a survey which was published last week. Facts now known about U. S. dance halls (gathered from 416 cities) include the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dance Halls Surveyed | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Charles ("Chic") Sale is a vaudeville entertainer. The Specialist is one of his monologs, usually reserved by him for stag gatherings. Printed privately several months ago, circulated quietly (chiefly at newsstands), it has achieved wide popularity among people not squeamish at the mention of a "privy" or "backhouse." The speaker is a carpenter who specialized in privy construction, became thereat the champion of Sangamon County. He gives full details of the best design and procedure, with reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 1929 | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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