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Not to be outdone, some 30 eastern railroads put in their own train-auto service last week by arranging a hook-up with local drive-yourself agencies in 55 cities. Their rates, reduced for train passengers only: $3 a day plus 5? a mile ($4 a day, 6? a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Train-Auto Service | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

The "Little Flower," or "The Roaring Bull of the Pampas" as he was also known, had no need of a publicity agent. He was the type of "happy thyroid" who always supplied newspapermen with reams of copy. Vag remembered pictures of him beaming at a picnic in the country, glowering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/10/1940 | See Source »

Generally the grammar is pretty good, but, in the issue of TIME, July 24, under Transport, occurs this sentence: "[Mrs. Clara Adams] . . . broadcasted over a Honolulu-San Francisco radio hook-up." ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 4, 1939 | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

> In a radio hook-up with the U. S., the U. S.-educated Mme Chiang Kaishek, the Generalissimo's most trusted helper, claimed that Chinese resistance had virtually exhausted the Japanese, but asked that the Western nations declare "without delay" economic sanctions against Japan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Third Year | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

George W. Phillips '39, president of the Glee Club, will conduct the second Yard concert tonight on the steps of Widener Library at 7 o'clock, over an international radio hook-up. ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT OF GLEE CLUB TO LEAD SECOND YARD CONCERT | 5/23/1939 | See Source »

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