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Dates: during 1930-1939
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But Sheridan Downey had been bitten hard by the bug of social uplift and his activities had been noticed by politicians. These men, plus Sheridan Downey's middle-aged social inspiration, plus the Moon, have made him a significant character in the transitional political year of 1938.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIAL SECURITY: Men Under the Moon | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Outraged, betrayed, dejectedly off to bed last night, the first Friday in years without having read TIME. Brooding thoughts while seeking escape in sleep: Whistler's Mother with eyebrows plucked, lips rouged and fingernails enameled a brilliant scarlet. The Blue Danube in swing. Saint-Gaudens' Lincoln with face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 17, 1938 | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Cartoonist E. C. Segar, who created the comic strip character, "Popeye the Sailor", was near death tonight as a result of a liver ailment.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

But only Franklin himself, of all the people who have written about his life, seems to have realized just how droll a character he was. His latest biographer, Carl Van Doren, whose 845-page biography is published this week, makes it plain that Franklin was a great man, a notable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Great Man | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

Last week, with the publication of The Pursuit of Happiness, it was plain that Author Agar had swung all the way around the circuit from Right to Left. Jefferson, called lacking in character in The People's Choice, emerges as his great hero. Bryan, damned as ignorant before, is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Political Sermon | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

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