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Noticeable to me, as it must have been to many other Americans of Irish birth or descent, was TIME'S (Sept.11 issue) omission of Ireland's leaders in the list of those of other European countries as of September, 1939 . . . In her position as a mother country and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

In the U. S., "five & ten" is now pretty much a misnomer, with Woolworth and Kresge selling items up to $1. But in England "three & six penny'' still has some semblance of accuracy. Woolworth's, which opened its first English store in 1909 and last year had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: John Thrifty | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

On tour, Representative Wilcox adheres to a curious habit to which he attributes his success, of sitting on the edge of his bed for half-an-hour each morning while he simultaneously plans his day in detail and massages his head to improve the circulation in his brain. Unlike Dave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: Pepper v. Sholtz v. Wilcox | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Speaking to the assembled young Democrats the President seemed blissfully unconscious of the Schechter case, and the defeat of the Blue Eagle at the hands of the domestic chicken. Otherwise he must consider that eagle somewhat of a phoenix, hourly expecting it to spring from its ashes. For the plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE EAGLE'S GHOST | 4/16/1936 | See Source »

Two Sundays ago Rev. Dr. John Hess McComb, broad-shouldered 36-year-old bachelor, mounted the pulpit of Manhattan's Broadway Presbyterian Church to preach on "Christ and Him Crucified." He was well aware that this and subsequent sermons would be worth exactly $77,296 to his new church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Love Feast | 5/20/1935 | See Source »

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