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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lloyd George or a Baldwin, or through some gentle, strong person fit to express the power of the " strong Son of God, immortal love" ? If the latter, why not a person born of the gentle, intelligent, clean, ascetic Brahmin stock? For if He came as a Protestant, would Catholics accept? If as a Catholic, would Christian Scientists? When last time He came, the Christ worked through a disciple but the Imperial Roman business men ignored Him and the orthodox Jewish theologians murdered Him. I suggest that TIME wait a little time before it rouse the cheap jibes of the spiritually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 25, 1926 | 1/25/1926 | See Source »

...Mission credit to the extent of $15,500,000. The Greek mission asked last week to borrow the other $32,500,000 of the credit before making a funding agreement. The American Commission, startled, prepared a formal explanation setting forth how hard it would be to get Congress to accept such a proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debts | 1/25/1926 | See Source »

Although he is weaponless Siegmund is forced to accept and Hunding goes to bed after drinking a long draft of ale. Sieglinde, who had earlier been ordered from the room, reappears and tells Siegmund to try and draw from a great oak the sword which was thrust in it by the Gods. Siegmund, with a mighty effort, draws the sword and thereby proves that he is Sieglinde's brother and the greatest warrior on earth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wagner Is Selected for Harvard Opera Night | 1/23/1926 | See Source »

...rigid limit of seven days in which to beat down Secretary Mellon's terms, and departed in dudgeon when "Wizard" Caillaux was unable to do much more than exasperate everybody during that period. He took back to France, as everyone knows, only a stopgap U. S. offer to accept $40,000,000 a year for five years as a full discharge on the interest of the French debt for those years. The Painlevé Cabinet, in which M. Caillaux was Finance Minister, fell (TIME, Nov. 9, Dec. 7) and the stopgap offer has not been heard of since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: To Negotiate | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

Although the final list of speakers has not been released, hope is entertained that Ralph Adams Cram the architect. Professor Howard R. Patch '12, of Smith College, and Professor Chandler R. Post '04, of the Fine Arts Department will accept the invitation to speak at future meetings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TINKER TO SPEAK HERE ON "HAVING NO HOPE" | 1/14/1926 | See Source »

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