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...post-graduate year as interne and three more years as student of one of the medical specialties. For the extra study he will receive a certificate of special proficiency, a Master of Science degree. He will be 30 before he begins to earn his own living and look clown at unlettered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Masters of Science | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

...presents. These gifts were rebundled and shipped to destitute miners' families at Morgantown. W. Va. whom the Quakers are helping to relieve. As usual on Christmas morning Detective-Secretary Lawrence Richey came down the State dining room chimney disguised as Santa Claus and as usual the President got clown on the floor to play with his grandchildren's mechanical toys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Gratified | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...Flat-faced, awkward King Levinsky Chicago heavyweight pugilist and onetime fishmonger, encouraged by the shrieks and squeals of his sister and manager Mrs. Lena Levy: a ten-round bout against slick-haired, skilful Tommy Loughran, who was three times knocked clown by Levinsky's right hand; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Dec. 28, 1931 | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

From the Federalist period until 1928 Newburyport, Mass, was a staid, church going, codfish-eating community. Before and since, this has been far from the case. Prime clown of early Newburyport "Lord" Timothy Dexter. He sent coals to Newcastle, warming pans to the In made a fortune. He lived in a mansion bristling with minarets and wo statues. He drank constantly, crown haddock-hawker his private poet laureate with a wreath of parsley, spelled v than Chaucer, published oftener...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: End of Lord Andrew | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

...then he seemed to become angered and turned and swallowed my little frog. Then the third frog became impatient and swallowed my second frog. Then the fourth frog swallowed the third frog. This kept on happening until the 19th frog had swallowed the 18th frog. When it got clown to the 20th frog he didn't even move, didn't seem to be hungry. I opened his mouth and looked down his throat: he had swallowed a wild goose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

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