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...Edwards of the Canadian Club of Boston presided, and threw the floor open for discussion immediately after the close of the last speech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARLETON DECRIES ARMS WITHOUT WAR IN FORENSIC WIN | 3/10/1928 | See Source »

...float, entitled "The Gods of Our Ancestors," moved into view and its commander threw Mayor Walker a ten-pound box of candy, which almost bowled him over. He grinned happily and said: "Don't throw any watermelons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Again, Walker | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

Herbert Schwarze of Illinois threw the 16-pound shot 49 ft. 6⅞ in., for a new world's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records: Mar. 5, 1928 | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...India I remember three things-blistering heat, air currents that threw my plane and me about like a shuttlecock and endless crowds of kind-hearted people pressing hospitality upon me." Calcutta's port . . . Burmese forests . . . Singapore, where mud hindered his take-off and made him almost strike low buildings. Over Melanasia, and the East Indies tropical rains swept around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Croyden to Bundaberg | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...North Bergen, N. J., six dogs led by one "Wolfe," espied William Kendy, eight years old, with several companions. When one of these companions threw a stone toward them the dogs loped toward their assailants. The assailants ran away except for William Kendy who fell down. The six dogs quickly pounced upon him, bit him twenty bloody times; then, when policemen came in answer to his screech-ings, loped away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Putting on the Dog | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

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