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Heywood Broun's comment on Terry of the Dean's office, reprinted Saturday, focuses attention on that curious and fascinating group of human beings known as "characters", and doubtless calls forth sighs from the older alumni, who deplore the passing of the men that once gave a spice of variety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YOUTH'S COMPANIONS | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

¶ From the far South Seas, a ship that had once under Scott pierced the vast whiteness of the Antarctic, brought back to England scientific minutiae on whales. Gained after a two-year expedition in perilous seas, such data may help preserve the monsters of the ocean from extinction at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Expeditions: Oct. 10, 1927 | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

The passing of the day when English A, along with German A and History 1, was a Freshman nightmare requires no parting tears. Never a particularly difficult course it managed to bore to extinction those whom it did not slay by its complex for introductory technicalities in English composition. Now...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH A | 10/5/1927 | See Source »

The passage of this bill thus left the Fianna Fail only three options: 1) political extinction; 2) revolution; 3) taking the oath.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mental Reservations | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

Bitter was Governor Smith's hatred. Three years later Mr. Hearst had allied himself with the powerful Tammany organization and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York. On the same ticket he wanted Mr. Smith to run for Senator, and so did Tammany. An overwhelming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: President's Bible | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

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