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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor Hind's constant aim in these lectures, delivered when he held the Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry in 1930-31, was not to add to the general sum of knowledge about Rembrandt; but to stimulate and further enjoyment in his works. And for this reason the lectures avoid the stiff formality of a thesis, and present an attitude as delightful as it is rare toward the work of the greatest of the Flemish school...

Author: By R. M. M., | Title: BOOKENDS | 9/21/1932 | See Source »

...terms of occupancy and use of some lands around a house for grounds and garden. At any rate. Socialism wants to stress the fact that with intelligent management of the machinery and resources we have we can build a civilization on abundance rather than want. This, may I add, will take time, but I believe in the practicability .of the slogan: Socialism in our time. I was glad to see the recognition you gave to the young workers in the National Office. As I go round the country I am impressed with the enthusiastic way in which not only young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 29, 1932 | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

...Gedge jewels; Jane Opal, who thinks she wants an intellectual beau but really fell for Packy when she saw him play for Yale; the Vicomte de Blissac, continuous sufferer from a most unGallic thirst; all these and others converge into a crowded mesh of funny complications which add up to a standard Wodehouse farce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vo-de-o-Wodehouse | 8/22/1932 | See Source »

...Henry D. Perky saw another dyspeptic eating cooked whole wheat and helped himself to the idea, the course of Shredded Wheat Co. was profitable and untroubled. Many a visitor to Niagara Falls was shown through the model bakery by Shredded Wheat's Miss Blumreich and went home to add more dollars to the profits of Lawyer Perky's successors. In 1928 National Biscuit Co. bought Shredded Wheat, threw its huge organization into an effort to sell even more shredded wheat biscuits. Breakfast Food Manufacturer Will Keith Kellogg sat up, took notice. Soon Kellogg Co. was also making "shredded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Deals & Developments | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

...himself as a man who had frequently borrowed and paid off much larger sums but who had fallen on financially evil days, "Zelevart" could not legally comply with the demand. Its tactful answer to "Status" was that his position was not unique, that "your moral support and affection will add more ... to your family than monetary consideration so obtained." Travelers reported no suicides among its policy holders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Status & Zelevart | 8/8/1932 | See Source »

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