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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twelve years ago an ambitious, talented young Englishman came to Manhattan and was disheartened to find the Land of Opportunity a place where one seemed to divide one's time between lying in bed in a cheap hotel, counting squashed insects on the ceiling, and sitting on park benches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: First Englishman | 1/30/1933 | See Source »

Most magnificent was the square (225 x 225 ft.) "Hall of 100 Columns." Artaxerxes completed this, Dr. Herzfeld discovered six months ago. Atop each fluted column was a pair of carved bulls athwart which lay a huge cedar ceiling beam. Windows and niches broke up the long walls; painted carvings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: At Persepolis | 1/30/1933 | See Source »

While Worcester, famed among musicians as the home of the oldest music festival in the U. S., opened a new art museum last week, the Toledo Museum of Art turned the tables by opening a 1,500-seat concert hall in one of its new wings, gift of the late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Worcester's Opening | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

Three events were run off in the meet, all for flight duration. One was for Baby R. O. G. (rise-off-ground) types, one for fuselage models, one for "open sticks." The Baby R. 0. G. class was limited to models of 30 sq. in. maximum wing area, 8 in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Little Ships | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

Few men have seen a specimen of Willoughby's ragfish. Few would care to. It looks crushed and anemic, has few bones. Ichthyologists think it may belong to a family of specialized and degenerate percoids (perch, sunfish). Only six have been taken from their habitat, the deep Pacific waters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Ice Aquarium | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

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