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Luckless, M. Herriot resigned some years ago the soft, well-paid job of President (Speaker) of the Chamber of Deputies to become Prime Minister of France (TIME, Nov. 12, 1928) but his Cabinet lasted exactly two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Bitterness | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...beard, dark brown, soft and short, was originally a protection against Polar cold in the Arctic and Antarctic. Now the beard is an insignium of popular science. As a correspondent-explorer for William Randolph Hearst, Sir Hubert is distinguished in appearance as well as achievements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Polliwog | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

When the salutes were over Mr. Justice Holmes edged his wide white mustache closer to the microphone on his study desk and in his soft, old-gentleman's voice spoke as follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: A Little Finishing Canter | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...admirers like to watch her small, lively figure, her wise, short-cropped little head, and listen to her pleasantly soft voice. They were sorry to see her show fail, for Mary Hay once created a type: the intelligent showgirl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 16, 1931 | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...Hatch Andrews, 32, Johns Hopkins chemist, announced last week that he has transposed the inaudible high pitch of atomic vibrations into piano sounds. The quavers of grain alcohol thus became a harmonic chord out of which Professor Andrews composed a pretty melody. Water's translated sound was a soft murmur, wood alcohol sounded harsh and sharp, gasoline was a crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Atomic Melody | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

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