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Perfectly grand! When you have infantile paralysis you are not very strong for a few years. The Lord, I imagine, knows when he gives us things and why. . . . Many times I have thought that the very qualities that the President had to acquire as the result of infantile paralysis made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Just Running Around | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

President Roosevelt's larger purpose, however, was to gain Latin American goodwill. Even without a treaty the U. S. can, under international law, still land troops to protect the lives and property of its citizens in case of danger, as it has done on occasion in Nicaragua, Haiti, Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: An Amendment's End | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

Sirs: Your article anent Insull in the May 14 issue left me with the following impression: Bighearted, genial Sam Insull was a true friend of the peepul. He had saved up a little nestegg of $100,000,000 out of his earnings as a secretary to Edison and felt reasonably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 4, 1934 | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

Because Postmaster General Farley decreed that no airline holding a mail contract may have a manufacturing affiliate, United Aircraft & Transport Corp., most potent ($30,000,000) U. S. aviation holding company, last week announced plans to split three ways. To take over the assets & liabilities of its various operating and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Triple Split | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

In casting Barrymore as flourishing Oscar Jaffee, Columbia has found a way to please old fans who like his profile, gestures, gesticulations, etc.,. and at the same time to acquire new admirers, for John plays his fantastic comedy to perfection. "Twentieth Century" is a pleasing vehicle for the display of...

Author: By F. H. W., | Title: AT RKO KEITH'S | 5/15/1934 | See Source »

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