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...heat of the patriotic enthusiasm prevalent during 1917 and 1918 many institutions were swept into taking away from great scientists and thinkers the honors given them. A taint of Germanism was sufficient to brand a great man as an enemy to be despised. A slight leaning towards peace was sufficient to label a man a pacifist or a traitor to democracy...
...tall, rosy-cheeked pundit who has gotten out a biography of Thomas Jefferson and a definitive edition (with Catherine Rose Wilson) of Rabelais. He edited The Freeman, later contributed a column in its successor The New Freeman. During the War he was secretary to Minister to Belgium Brand Whitlock. Though he holds M.A. and LL.D. (Hon.) degrees from St. Stephen's and a Ph.D. from Leipzig, Dr. Nock dislikes being called "Doctor." Believing U. S. institutions too generous with doctorates, he calls his contemporaries (from the lecture platform) Mister Butler and Mister Flexner. He has, however, a Ph.D...
...fun?for the whole Japanese people?to read in the papers that nine potent Chinese Generals in various parts of China had denounced the brand new Chinese Government at Nanking formed fortnight ago by Premier Sun Fo, blaming it for failure to prevent the Japanese capture of Chinchow and threatening the very life of the new Government, which might fall at any time...
...brand a minor for life as a thief for such an offense as abstracting a package of cigarets or taking a bottle of milk or a pie from the galley is scarcely a defensible stand to take...
...subject of great banter between the late Nicholas Longworth and John Nance Garner was the fine limousine supplied to the Speaker of the House (TIME, Nov. 17, 1930). Last year's car was transferred to the Senate and the Treasury was prepared to buy a brand new one for Speaker Garner. Last week the blunt little Texan announced...