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...reflects the author's faith in the power of man's will. Mr. Wells' prolific and contradictory satires and Utopias are abundant evidence that he has not always had this faith, but has developed it gradually, epitomizing it in The Open Conspiracy. Whatever the burden of proof, Rampole Island is more than excellent satire, replete with symbolism and analogy; it is an eminently good yarn packed with humor, humanity, and occasional high adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sacred Lunatic | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

Probably the most amateur in spirit of all the major sports, crew has always attracted a large number of men who row merely because they find it the most expedient and pleasant manner of keeping fit. If one needed proof of this statement it is amply to be found in the fact that in spite of there being nothing approaching an objective race during the fall season nearly three hundred men have pulled an oar in some crew during the weeks just now coming to a close. The informality of the University squad and the flexible number of possible class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LET HER RUN | 11/17/1928 | See Source »

...Edward S. Goldberg whose Military Sales Company sold machine guns & bullet-proof vests to "Boo Boo" and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Blinks of Philadelphia | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...other countries throughout the world, Hoover's election will be accepted as proof that Prohibition is to continue as the permanent policy of America in dealing with the liquor traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Thirty-First | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Religion-"A Roman Catholic cannot be President of the United States." Proof of this statement is impossible, but many was the Republican who said: "If Smith had been a Protestant, he would have won." Democrats insisted to the end that the religious issue did not originate in their own party during the McAdoo-Smith fight for nomination in 1924, or, if it did originate then, that it was fanned to flame again by auxiliary agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Results: President-Reject | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

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