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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...White House. Of onetime Governor Lowden he said: "There's a man who says he wants to be President. He does not state any principles or stand four-square." He added: "My grandfather put up the first $25,000 for Pullman to build his first sleep-ing-car in order that his daughter [Mrs. Lowden] could have $25,000,000 today...
Twenty thousand legionnaires on the sea?hundreds pouring into Paris each day. Some followed one-armed General Gouraud, Military Governor of Paris, through the pouring rain to the Arc de Triomphe, where the Lamp of Maintenance on the Tomb of the Soldat Inconnu was relighted, hav-ing been snuffed out by the Communists (TIME, Sept. 5), who spat upon and "otherwise defiled" the sacred spot...
...faced Cochet. The Frenchman won the first set 6-4, but Johnston was hardly warmed to the game. The U. S. man took the second set 4-6. Cochet, mak-ing a desperate rally, won the third 6-2. The fourth stood at 2-5 in favor of Cochet. Johnston exerted every ounce of muscle, pulled the set up to 4-5. Then, Cochet won the last game and the Davis cup passed, for the first time in history, to France...
...President Cosgrave has seized the only opportunity of securing a new lease of life for his Cabinet. A fortnight ago (TIME, Aug. 29) he had a majority of one vote in the Dail. Winning both by-elections last week not only gave him a majority of two, not count- ing the speaker's casting vote, but also showed which way the wind was blowing. At best the Government could not command a working majority...
Other things which Americans can study abroad free of charge are min ing, theology, diplomacy, Slavonic studies. Many of the scholarships permit travel, some of them require it. The largest budget gives the student over $4,000; the smallest under $100. Most are between...