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...good-sized piece that enabled him to be generous in sharing it with his fellows. Now, largely due to the tax, the plug commonly used does not contain more than a half a dozen good-sized chews. The buyer . . . seeks privacy when he takes a chew in order to avoid sharing it with others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Tobacco Tax | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

...virus so fine that it seeped through the finest unglazed porcelain was the cause. Dr. Falk went back to the Rosenau indication. When influenza struck Chicago severely last winter, he and his assistants took cultured smears from every throat they could reach. They slept on their desks to avoid losing time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Influenza Germ Found | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...many local legends. Among the most interesting aspects of this volume are the many stories of human interest which are scattered throughout the pages and their interplay with the histories of the lighthouses themselves. While thus making the work invaluable for reference purposes Mr. Willoughby has been able to avoid loading down his pages with dull statistics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Seamen | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...assemble to standardize the regulations for Greater Boston. Representatives of Harvard, M. I. T. Tufts, and Brown were present, and all agreed on the advantage of doing this. As an added step, Coach Gallagher of Harvard then suggested that in addition the coaches from these colleges be present, to avoid misunderstanding between coaches and referees at the meets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRESTLING OFFICIALS MEET IN CONFERENCE | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...George Washington" (TIME, Oct. 21). re-established prohibition in harmony with the holy commandment of the Koran: God declareth unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks. 0 true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and diving arrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid them, that you may prosper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Again, Water | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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