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...each. Behind, followed three troops of cavalry and the other automobiles. The procession turned the corner at the Treasury building and rounded into Pennsylvania Avenue. The cavalry took a brisk canter. The empty stands extending to 15th St. were passed. Little knots of people, gathered here and there, applauded. Thin wire cables were stretched along the curb to keep the crowd back, but were not yet necessary. Policemen stood every few feet. The President, a bit constrained, touched his hat when he was applauded. Mrs. Coolidge bowed, smiled and chatted with Senator Curtis. Mr. Dawes, in the car following, lifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day of Days | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

...would be impossible for me to comment on any newspaper clipping such as 'sleep and grow thin.' I cannot know what the New York doctor had in mind," said Dr. D. C. Parmenter '13, the Medical Advisor of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SLEEP MAKES NO ONE THIN OR TALL SAYS PARMENTER | 3/11/1925 | See Source »

...well known that sleeping makes one not thin but fat. Men, while they do not grow as fat as women from oversleeping, do put on weight. Harvard men undoubtedly would, if they slept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SLEEP MAKES NO ONE THIN OR TALL SAYS PARMENTER | 3/11/1925 | See Source »

...German cruiser Frankfort was also sunk under similar conditions. She had light armor, thin decks, lay at anchor undefended and unrepaired during a seven-and-a-half-hours' bombardment in fine weather, with airplanes flying not over 2,000 feet in altitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Direct Hits | 3/2/1925 | See Source »

First, she should alter the stuff that Jimmy Hussey has to do. Thin and strikingly Semitic for an Irish youth (which he really is), he has a way of making you laugh. His present lines and lyrics prove his skill; you laugh anyway. Cortez and Peggy dance, and have danced better. There is a jazz band that plays long and loudly. Two or three seasons ago, this was a good novelty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Feb. 16, 1925 | 2/16/1925 | See Source »

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