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But he did give a few specific facts. In May, the receipts from second-class mail fell off 4.68% from May of the year previous. This class of mail (newspapers and periodicals) had been the largest burden (loss) to the Post Office. But publishers howled so bitterly in protest against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postal Rates | 8/3/1925 | See Source »

3) The something else which accompanies the virus when it makes an infection he calls "the specific factor." It is found in extracts from tumors. It may act as an irritant (for chronic irritation is known to promote cancer) or in some similar matter.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer | 7/27/1925 | See Source »

4) The peculiar thing about "the specific factor" is that it is apparently the product of the action of the virus growing in a tumor-and it is different for every animal and even for different tissues of the body. So a cancer of any animal, for example, cannot be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer | 7/27/1925 | See Source »

One Nine-Power Treaty related to Chinese customs. The other and more important contained Mr. Elihu Root's resolutions that the Powers agree to respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial and administrative integrity of China, and at the same time agree to maintain the principle of equal opportunity for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Diplomatic Moves | 7/20/1925 | See Source »

What was he going to do about it? Well, he could subsidize industry instead of subsidizing the jobless, which would have the effect of increasing employment. He then catalogued all the forms which subsidies might take: "Either by bounties on production or on export or subsidies of specific contracts or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Parliament's Week: Jul. 13, 1925 | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

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