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...records, served up again a rumor millions of Germans have been taught to believe, namely, that their Bremen and Europa possess "speed in reserve" sufficient to win back the Atlantic's blue ribbon. Almost treasonable therefore in Nazi eyes was an unexpected remark in Manhattan by blunt Commodore Leopold Ziegenbein of the Bremen. "I am sure," said he last week, "that neither my ship nor the Europa will attempt to better the records set by the Normandie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Normandie's Million | 6/24/1935 | See Source »

...that's architecture," said blunt Richard Upjohn, "then I'm an architect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Trinity | 6/24/1935 | See Source »

Leonardo's writing slowly changed from a spidery Gothic script in youth to a quick, blunt hand in middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: King's Treasures | 6/10/1935 | See Source »

...such talk Pilot Gehlbach's answer is blunt and brief: "I'll fly anything, anytime, anywhere, for money, marbles or chalk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Damn Fool's Job (Cont'd) | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

Today, with the Blue Eagle and the rest of the Roosevelt program, looking more fit for the Walter Reed Hospital than Capitol Hill, the truth of Mayor LaGuardia's blunt challenge makes itself felt more strongly than ever. With the cheery prospect before it, that if the Senate doesn't strangle it the Supreme Court will, the formerly tempestuous bird is flapping his wings in increasing futility. Yet most liberal thinkers would hate to see the Roosevelt program scrapped in its entirety, no matter how many stones have been thrown at various parts of it. As Mark Sullivan has pointed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLY OF HOLIES | 5/21/1935 | See Source »

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