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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been revived in this campaign, however, a series of proposals which, if adopted, would be a long step towards the abandonment of our American system and a surrender to the destructive operation of governmental conduct of commercial business. Because the country is faced with difficulty and doubt over certain national problems - that is,« prohibition, farm relief and elec trical power - our opponents propose that we must thrust government a long way into the businesses which give rise to these problems. In effect they abandon the tenets of their own party and turn to State socialism. . . . We are confronted with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Socialism! | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

...real BRITANNIA is a serene Imperial Goddess, hymned by certain Christians who rule many a wave. But now in London a small, suave Semite is putting forth a new and blatant Britannia?a magazine which proposes to leap at one bound into commanding rulership of the pulpy waves on which are printed British advertisements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Frankau's Britannia | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

...spite of certain marked weaknesses in the construction of the play, "Coquette" is worth an evening any time. It is excellent dramatic entertainment, and it may here be said that the success of the play depends entirely on the number of dramatic situations which the authors have been able to devise. But were it not for the very high standard of the acting, it is to be feared that many of these situations would not register...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/3/1928 | See Source »

There is barely enough body to the play to make the situation created ring entirely true, but this is easily over-looked as are certain confusions arising from the legal turn which is taken in the final act. The constant interplay of the frivolous with the tragic, makes one forget the obvious flaws as the audience is carried from the tittering stage to one of extreme tension...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/3/1928 | See Source »

Numerous minor injuries and bruise were discovered in the Crimson football camp when the squad reported yesterday afternoon after its gruelling battle with Dartmouth Saturday. It is certain, however, that all the men will be in shape for Pennsylvania a week from Saturday and most of them within three or four days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUMEROUS BRUISES RESULT FROM GAME | 10/30/1928 | See Source »

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