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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...came to America to see what's at the bottom of all this 'Prosperity' of yours." said the General Director last week in his suite at Manhattan's Ambassador. "Take bathrooms for instance. Extr'ord'nary how little your hotel men spend on bathrooms! They tell me one really can't pay over $1,500 in New York for a bathroom with the finest standard fittings. Now in London what do you suppose we have to pay? Not less than ?1,000, or almost 5,000 of your dollars!" Though obviously keen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Paladin of Wine | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...National defense. For all Presidents the Army is a fairly static institution. There is nothing in Smith's rec- ord to indicate what he thinks about the Navy...

Author: By Charles Merz, | Title: Presidential Possibilities | 3/16/1928 | See Source »

...that morning. Deep on their fronts engraven sat public care; in their eyes flickered determination. When all had reached their places, one arose and, assisted by a large chorus, caused the proscenium to reverberate with the swelling notes of "How Firm a Foundation, Ye Sa-aints of the Lo-ord", with "Ro-ock of A-ages" and old-time hymns. The odor of sanctity had settled strongly upon that lay temple by the time Atlanta's legal luminary, Lawyer Thomas E. Scott, cleared his throat and solemnly introduced the first speaker on the program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: In Atlanta | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

...Volpone" beginning on March third. The Conventional little bird has informed us that it is likely to be an unusually good performance. Most popular of all, however, will be the Cambridge Amateur Operatic Company's "Mikado" which starts on Monday the twenty-sixth under the conductorship of Mr. Boris Ord, who is a musician of no mean repute not only in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE BUSY AS WINTER SEASON ENDS | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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