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Bitterly he flayed "this cynical, scoffing self-willed generation that bows down before the idol of profit and production, that knows not God and prides itself in this ignorance; . . . its penitentiaries, enlarged and yet overcrowded; juvenile crime . . . divorce, with states like Nevada and Arkansas feverishly competing in the effort to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Seven Follies | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

Last week it was announced that Mrs. Herbert Hoover will sponsor the Akron at the christening Aug. 8, at the Goodyear-Zeppelin dock at Akron, Ohio. But Mrs. Hoover, practiced though she is at swinging bottles against bows, will swing no bottle of liquid air. The stuff is dangerous to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: I Christen Thee... | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

Moving across a background of great scenic attractiveness, and indulging in an occasional fiesta the hero manages to keep active, while Mary Astor and Marian Nixon exert themselves to live up to the respective names of Rosita and Dolores. For the sake of these two there is much hard riding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/15/1931 | See Source »

Hunters in Pennsylvania have never been allowed to hunt with bows and arrows. Few ever wanted to hunt with bows and arrows, and the game law happened to be worded in a way that specified that big game might be taken only with a certain type of firearm. Last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bow & Arrow | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

Under a stiff following breeze, which whipped up the Basin and made difficult going for the heavyweight oarsmen, Cassedy stroked his crew to a two and one-half length victory over Lawrence's boat, while Armstrong's craft trailed the latter by over five lengths. The time was 10 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CASSEDY'S BOAT IS NAMED FIRST | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

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