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...attack on any man's religion or raising the religious issue ever submitted to or scrutinized by me, nor did any manuscript of her Springfield speech which came to headquarters contain any such expression as 'Go back to your pulpits and preach this doctrine' or anything akin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Word Wanglers | 8/19/1929 | See Source »

...Akin to "Gapans" in the U. S. are the Professional Pilots Association and the Air Mail Association...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Gapans | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

...very prosperous. But the mining investments promised more fortune. The sons sold the lace & embroidery business and went to Colorado. They finally consolidated a great lead and silver industry. The sons are noted in U. S. business for working as a unit. Daniel's ability was rated akin to genius. After his father, he was the leader of the Guggenheims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Safe Flying | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

Less atonal in its harmonies but in spirit akin to Composer Ernst Krenek's much- discussed Jonny Spielt Auf, the bathroom opera's subject matter is a farcical treatment of divorce. The soprano's opening song becomes a duet when a man, employed by her husband to provide divorce grounds, enters the room. The duet becomes a trio when another feminine guest of the hotel comes in to demand the use of the bath. Finally the noise grows so loud that all the employes stream in. The finale is exciting, uproarious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Day's News | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...dominant administration. Nowhere in the world is it possible to hear the word yes so loudly, so frequently or so unctuously pronounced. In University Hall, in the lecture room, in the editorial offices of "The CRIMSON" criticism of university policies is, not only unknown, but would probably create something akin to panic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes, Yes, Go On | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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