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...Upon whom did a U. S. Senator publicly bestow the nicknames "Gloomy Gus" and "Nervous Nellie?" (See NATIONAL AFFAIRS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Apr. 5, 1926 | 4/5/1926 | See Source »

...proper prominence which the new office and the new appointee bestow upon the physical side of education redounds greatly to the completeness of the University. Mr. Bingham upon his admission to this promising position carries with him the good-will of all Harvard men as well as their appreciation of the wisdom which actuated his selection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FITTING THE MAN TO THE OFFICE | 3/2/1926 | See Source »

Last week he sent Minister of Commerce, Doktor Hans Schuerff, out to Graz, second largest city of Austria, to bestow a silver medal of the same order upon the head of its Chamber of Commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Affront | 12/21/1925 | See Source »

...Commendable at any time, election to Phi Beta Kappa at the beginning of Junior (third) year is the highest honor the Society has to bestow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: High-B | 10/5/1925 | See Source »

...Upon all but Roald Amundsen. For planting Norway's flag upon the South Pole in 1911, he had already received the highest honor his King had to bestow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In the North | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

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