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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have sufficient inherent artistic talent to produce it. To be sure there have been the cowboy songs of the West, and the ballads of the Kentucky mountains, but there has been nothing which the public could seize as its own, as a part of its everyday life. The obvious answer for the dearth of folk art in America is of course that the country is too large for a single folk lore that is all-inclusive; and also that the average American person is too mechanical and too wrapped up in industry to have the mind necessary for this type...
...party which served both champagne and caviar, Fitzpatrick immediately put on his "must" list. Those without caviar, he said, were doubtful and depended on the answer to other questions; and if no champagne at all was present, Fitz finessed. Never did he phone about a party without giving his full name...
When we come to the guard positions, there are a couple of lads who rate second to none on the squad as far as natural ability is concerned. Ed Buckley from the iron range country of Minnesota and All-American Elk Club boy Bud Finnegan are a pretty good answer to any coach's prayer. They have had little relief in the backcourt positions mainly because they have not needed...
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins took the stand voluntarily to answer the impeachment charges brought against her by Republican Representative Thomas of New Jersey (TIME, Feb. 6). Failure to deport C. I. O.'s Harry Bridges as an alien Communist was her crime. Dressed in matronly black, with a large white bow across her bosom, Miss Perkins read to the House Judiciary Committee a lawyer-like statement explaining: "I am certainly in favor of the punishment or deportation of any one who engages in [treasonable] conduct. . . . I also wish to emphasize that I am not in accord with...
...time to enter the spinal cord, he said, tetanus antitoxin can neutralize the poison and check the disease. But once toxin enters the cord, it somehow becomes transformed into a new poison. "The new substance is not attacked by the present antitoxin," said Dr. Firor. In answer to questions of enthusiastic colleagues, he said that he will shortly try to prepare a second antitoxin which will cure the final stages of tetanus...