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...bedside of four-time Prime Minister Raymond Poincare, last week, he had himself held that office on previous occasions eleven times. He was now to make it twelve times?for last week party leaders of the numerous chamber factions agreed, almost unanimously, that no one could fill the political void created by M. Poincaré except M. Briand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Life or Death | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...Sweringens refused to admit the legality of the Taplin proceedings (which included declaring that all acts of the directors since May, 1927 were null and void). Designating the Taplin meeting as a "rump"* meeting, they got an injunction preventing the Taplin officers from occupying Wheeling offices and especially from examining Wheeling records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Brothers v. Brothers | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

...result of Friday's match in which Harvard defeated Pennsylvania, the Crimson players advanced themselves in the ranking of the College Golf League, but Saturday's defeats make their chances of winning the league championship void...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOLF TEAM DEFEATED BY PRINCETON, GEORGETOWN | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...primary cause of cables breaking down in service is due to the fact that small voids or air spaces are formed within the paper insulation. With present methods of manufacture, these voids appear to be inevitable. When such voids form, a minute electric discharge takes place within the void; that is, small electric arcs form, and the molecules of air find themselves in an electric field which causes them to attain high velocities. This effect is called ionization. The ions then impinge on the paper and oil, and have the effect of a rapid and continual bombardment. They not only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineering School Engaged in Experiments on Cable Insulation | 3/30/1929 | See Source »

...test case the Berlin Labor Court held that any clause or agreement barring servants from Aufzüge or Fahrstüle is void, and branded all such prohibitions as "obsolete and anti-social." This ruling may be an opening wedge to compel landlords and employers to provide better living conditions for domestic servants. Even in modern Berlin apartment buildings, backstairs are unlighted, and despite the long German winter, maids' rooms are nearly always without heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: For Gentry Only! | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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