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...sditors is of small consequence compared to the daily happenings of a follower of the "Old Master." When my 30-month -old son clamors for his adjustment, I know he builton a solid foundation. The eagerness with which my tiny patients await the applicaton of his discovery, is greater acclaim than acquiescence from so-called medical science. Imagien a child clamoring for a hyperdermic "shot" from allopathic potion peddlers. TEDFORD DENNIS, D.C. Madrid, Iowa

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 15, 1940 | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

Sixty-three-year-old Elkan finally settled in a modest red brick house in London, went on with his sculpture. Commissions were few and small. But little by little, he won British critical acclaim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Refugee Sculptor | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...fall of 1938 The Fifth Column appeared in book form, won critical acclaim. Producers again started dickering; to one of them according to Broadwayfarer Leonard Lyons, Hemingway angrily replied: "Fifth Column, sixth draft, seventh producer, eighth refusal." Soon after, he agreed to let Hollywood Writer Benjamin Glazer rewrite the play. Last December the Theatre Guild announced that it would produce the play, with Franchot Tone as lead. Last week (with the financial assistance of Billy Rose) The Fifth Column opened at last on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Revamp Till Ready | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

...such boyish pranks as his smoking out the school-house with a chemical mixture, bringing a bottle of nitroglycerine aboard a crowded train, setting the baggage car afire with phosphorus. Not until Tom sends a Morse code warning with a locomotive whistle, prevents a train wreck, do chastened citizens acclaim him a hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Success Story | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

...carefully selected group that makes up this unusual musical unit is composed of a drum major, 21 pipers, two base drummers, eight snare and five tenor drummers, and four lassies who dance the highland fling. Organized in 1935 by Col. George F. N. Dailey, the unit has won wide acclaim in the four short years of its existence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Piping Kilties Thrill Grid Fans | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

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