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¶Into Lake Superior fled a deer. At it Winnebijou flung stones. Stones missed deer, but up sprang some islands, which centuries later White Man named Apostle Islands. The President was said to have discussed, last week, with Mrs. Coolidge the pros and cons of visiting the scene of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Legend | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

1) A basic difference exists between the naval requirements of Great Britain and France. The Empire depends primarily upon surface craft to rule waves. The Republic must rely upon submarines to blow up such surface ships as approach her shores-because France has a huge army to support and cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Secropen Diplomacy | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

* The British navy might be called "sea-defensive," since no modern navy can stomach the description "offensive."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Secropen Diplomacy | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

Acting as Chairman of the "Red Menace" last week, and preserving strictest order was Comrade Nikolai Bukharin. Today he is right-hand henchman to Dictator of Soviet Russia Josef Stalin, many of whose speeches he is believed to write. Pounding for order in parliamentary fashion, Chairman Bukharin announced the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Red Menace | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

Since the War, a community called University City has sprung up on the site of the old defensive walls of Paris. Senator André d'Honnorat gave it form and became its president. France, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, the U. S. and other countries built houses there for students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Again, Rockefeller | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

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