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...Birds Sing bears out the popular notion that blind people are happier than the deaf. Ostensibly the heart-wring-ing autobiography of a poor girl who lost her hearing, this book reads almost like a parody of the o-pity-me school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cavalry, C. S. A.* | 6/22/1931 | See Source »

Happy was Governor Horton. Happier still was Col. Lea who viewed the House's action as a turning point in his own political tide. His attorneys assured him he would be quickly cleared of the indictments against him at Knoxville and Asheville, growing out of the Caldwell & Co. crash. He expected shortly to get back his Memphis Appeal and his Knoxville Journal which have been in receivership. Then he would start battling again against the Crump faction of Tennessee Democracy, attempt to regain his lost political ascendancy in the State. Gradually in the public mind a distinction was being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Empire Dust (Cont'd) | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

Said Mr. Warren: "Nearly every American woman that goes to Russia with her husband on business and stays any length of time returns to the United States an entirely different woman-and not a happier or better looking one either. They usually take to drink and a large percentage of those who have lived in Russia for more than a year are hopelessly addicted to liquor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Immoral Americans | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

Happy was Lawyer Reilly to win his first Supreme Court case on a far-reaching issue which would establish a precedent throughout the land in black & white murders. Happier still was Alfred Scott Aldridge who, if prosecuted again, will have the right to question every juror on race prejudice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: No Jim Crow Juries | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

...have been married 19 years. ... In many ways I was much happier before Jim became so prominent in politics. There has been talk of Jim being Governor some day, but I don't believe he will continue in politics after he is through as Mayor of New York. There is too much trouble connected with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Scandals of New York (Cont'd) | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

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