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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...witness in behalf of one Lyman H. Bevans, Albany attorney facing disbarment. Governor Smith accepted the service, either to show he held himself no different from common citizens in the law's eyes, or because he was ignorant of the fact that the Governor of New York cannot be subpoenaed. With the subpoena, Governor Smith accepted the customary witness fee-50 cents -which he soon dropped into a Roman Catholic poorbox. When notified that the Governor of New York cannot be subpoenaed, Governor Smith had to return the witness fee-50 cents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...discovers that glukhorment contains synthalin. Certain doses of synthalin are good; very slightly different doses are bad. It is almost impossible to be precise in its administration. If glukhorment contains any such indeterminable factor, then doctors cannot give it scientifically to their patients. So Dr. von Noorden hastened to warn the profession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Honest von Noorden | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...assault upon both. It would be bad enough if it were but the ill-considered commercial venture of an individual; but a papal chamberlain is esteemed a member of the Pope's household itself. . . . [That office] is one of intimate association with the person of the Pontiff. One cannot conceive of a papal chamberlain embarking upon such a career without the knowledge and approval of his superior. Clearly he must be sent, unless he is imposing upon the credulity of the public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Papal Chamberlain Flayed | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...H.A.A. regulations read that if you once pass out you cannot come back and see the rest of the game. We feel sure this rule will be put to a rigid test...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Omega Will Drive Student Tipplers To Indoor Haunts--Band May Solve Yale Enigna | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

THIS book of five poems is a jewel the ordinary neck cannot wear. We are told so, most tactfully, in words tucked carefully behind the title page...

Author: By D. M. H., | Title: Two New Books of Poetry | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

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