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Last week, passengers on the 20-year-old Cunard Liner Mauretania, swiftest pride of British fleets, found themselves in Manhattan only a little more than five days after leaving England-"second fastest boat crossing of all time." The Mauretania's 1924 record of five days, three & one-third hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Five Days | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

Mr. Eastman promised money. Northwestern University promised money. Others promised more money. Now the bureau will be gin work in Evanston; Dr. Hatton at its head. The title of its magazine: Public Management. The plan: to investigate city governments, rate their efficiency, offer to improve them by sending experts from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curing Cities | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

On the great strides made since Darwin's day Sir Arthur was more specific. And he ended by asking: "Was Darwin right when he said that man under the action of biological forces which can be observed and measured, has been raised from a place among the anthropoid apes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: At Leeds | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

At this point Nevada stepped in, asking California to be more specific and announcing that, though content with a 2% water allotment, she would insist on a full third of the lower basin power rights. New Mexico spoke, too, telling California that no arbitration board was needed or desired. Arbitration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: The Dry Quarter | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

In the past few weeks, the Christians of the world have been holding their first major conference in some 500 years for the specific purpose of seeing what can be done about unifying Christianity as the sum of its world-wide parts.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: At Lausanne | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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