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...Germany and the U. S., threw their influence behind the Lausanne settlement, hoping for cancellation all round and a fresh start. Thus Dr. Hans Luther, President of the German Reichsbank, telegraphed congratulations to Chancellor von Papen, and former President of the Reichsbank Dr. Hjalmar Schacht telegraphed the single word, "Bravo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lausanne Peace on Earth | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

...fool but a practical soldier of for tune, Col. Grove had had machine guns mounted on the Palace roof and had mobilized the carabineers. They faced the soldiers. General Moreno left to brave Col. Bravo the work of telling Col. Grove, "You must surrender by 11:30 p. m. or we bombard the Palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Irish Bull | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

...Grove and 500 Communist demonstrators on whom they pounced in the streets of Santiago. But what about the Air Force? When a bomb ing plane bore down on the Presidential Palace, General Moreno and his officers looked anxious. Suddenly the plane zoomed in salute. "Hurrah!" exulted brave Col. Bravo. "Take your partners ? the dance begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Irish Bull | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

Before dawn General Moreno. Col. Bravo and the rest of the Army officers had called upon their good friend Don Carlos Davila to assume the Presidency of a "purely civilian junta" which he prompt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Irish Bull | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

...extraordinarily delicate and restrained piece of acting. So convincing was her drinking of a detested pitcher of porter, so stirring her defense of a browbeaten sister, so moving her portrayal of an invalid who passionately wished but mortally feared to be a wife, that first night spectators yelled "Bravo!" as the final curtain fell.* The supporting cast is capable: Jo Mielziner has mounted the piece as picturesquely as a John Leech drawing. A small Cocker spaniel as Flush behaves admirably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 23, 1931 | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

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