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...John Taylor, blind preacher of the Congregational church at Brule urged his flock to keep faith in the Biblical story about Jonah and the Whale. Said he: "Jonah found his salvation down there in the submarine [belly of the whale] ... so many men doubt the prophecy of Jonah because they don't trust God." The presidential family listened attentively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Jul. 16, 1928 | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

...mayor of Suva to help pay the debts of the white men. Brown noses pressed forward to inhale the perfume of garlands and of a floral American flag tenderly woven by little brown children. Brown fingers touched Waqavuka's talisman, the omnipotent Tambua, tooth of the sacred whale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Waqavuka | 6/18/1928 | See Source »

Shevlin walked, and Dobens, Holy Cross pitcher, took the occasion to whale a three-base hit somewhere out there and scored the runs which gave the game to the Purple. The final score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SLUGGERS HELD HELPLESS AS PURPLE WINS, 6 TO 3 | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

...Just as the eagle is the King of all fowls, just as the lion is the King of all beasts, and just as the whale is the King of all the fishes of the seas, the white race is the crowning glory of the four races of black, yellow, red and white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Southern Senators | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

...well-earned reputation for patient industry and again, perhaps, by his familiarity with rivers and dams and husbanding food through lean seasons. Any man of distinctive personality and appearance resembles some animal. Senator Borah is a bear; Secretary Mellon, an aging horse of fine blood; Senator Heflin, an astounding whale calf; Senator Johnson, a caged lion; Senator Norris, an owl; Senator Watson, a roguish elephant; Charles Evans Hughes, a lofty mountain goat; Will H. Hays, a monkey; Curtis Dwight Wilbur, a stork. Herbert Clark Hoover is a beaver-man, aged 53, in his prime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Beaver-Man | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

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