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...hung on. me, as one hangs a cloak on a peg, a soul much more beautiful and worthwhile than mine really was''; also how he died of pneumonia. Throughout Philippe becomes more and more transparent, leading to the conclusion: "If one truly loves, it is not really necessary to attach great importance to the actions of those we love. We need them; only through them can we live in a certain 'atmosphere.' And it is an atmosphere without which we cannot live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: On Garlic Creek | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...weighs 50 pounds and the shackles are fastened almost rigidly by bending them over the bar with a hammer. The weight is so great that those who wear the device attach a rope to both ends of the bar to keep it off the ground when shuffling inch by inch across the floor. If no rope is available a tobacco box or little block of wood may be placed under it in the center to do service as a caster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Able Allen | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

...hours have already received thorough discussion in the CRIMSON, but as yet virtually no exposition of the difficulties involved has been forthcoming. Presumably there are some reasons for the failure of the authorities to comply with the insistent demands of interested undergraduates, and if there are, no shame should attach to giving them public notice. Concealment, rightly or wrongly, always gives the impression that there is something questionable or arbitrary about the concealed. If only to clear the air of a somewhat sultry haze if not as a courtesy to the men affected, the committees responsible would be wise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD HARD FACTS | 5/25/1929 | See Source »

...Manhattan, Colyumist Elsie McCormick of the World told last week of a practicable use for live eels, also for umbrella covers. Procedure: place the eel in the umbrella cover, attach the umbrella cover to the rear of a Mephistopheles costume, go to a fancy dress ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Tail | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...attach to this note a significance of magnitude as showing Mr. Hadden's tolerant attitude with regard to criticism. I had written TIME a caustic letter in regard to an item about Mr. Levine's evolutions in his lone flight from Paris to London. This note was his courteous reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 25, 1929 | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

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