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...same while the price of coal was cut. The Government, declared M. Tardieu, must and would here and now insist that the men take a cut in wages of 2.50 francs (9?) a day, while the operators should reduce the price of coal 15% to 18% depending on the grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Less for Coal | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...examination, to be held on April 14, will determine who will represent Harvard in the final contest to be held a month later. According to plans announced yesterday all resident students of Harvard College, who have not completed four years of work in a college or institution of equivalent grade, are eligible. The preliminary competition will be held in Widener N from two until 5 o'clock, on April 14. Each competitor will write on one or two topics which are chosen by himself from a list of ten or 12 suggested by the events of the past few months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLCOMBE ANNOUNCES FINAL PLANS FOR TIMES CONTEST | 4/8/1927 | See Source »

...believe that there is a Devil." "Counsellor Spencer tried to show that I sought a fat office in Washington. But I could triumph over them all. I said, 'No sir, I did not seek a fat office.'" "The closer art keeps to morality the higher is its grade." "Stood on barracks and looked off over the ocean as it lay basking in Moonlight's silvery rays. How grand the sight! Beautiful indeed." "I am called an obscene man." "Got home and found little wifey out. Found a dress partly done and I finished it on the machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

...face full of Jewish flesh and ingenuity would have beamed forth over a nightmarish mechanical design-the canary cries, watering the sensitive plant, which blushes, warming the matchhead, which ignites, inspiring the cat to commit suicide. In this case a high-grade bellboy might have been able to name the handsome patron: Cartoonist Rube Goldberg. The desk clerk could probably have named Mr. Goldberg's companions: Cartoonists Clare Briggs and Bud Fisher. . . . The first formal and annual dinner of the Cartoonists of America was a large event in a circle where events are not numerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Wows | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

...examination is open to all resident students of Harvard College who are pursuing a regular course of study, and have not completed four years of work in a college or institution of equivalent grade. Those wishing to take part in the competition should notify Professor Holcombe in Widener 573 on or before April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CURRENT EVENTS CONTEST APRIL 14 | 3/24/1927 | See Source »

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