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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some idea of how realistic might be the results of the democracy v. dictatorship discussions could be got from the character of the building in which the delegates sat down to business. It was the hall of the Peruvian Congress, Hispanic, charming, but a little small for the 136 delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: At Lima | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

The opening half, set in the Paris that leads to the revolution of 1848, is a compelling story. The many sided and fascinating character of Henrlette opens out and blossoms as she faces the trials of working for a due with whom she is in love and a duchesse whose...

Author: By C. F., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 12/17/1938 | See Source »

The American side of the story does not have the thrill and suspense of the impending murder; it is a development of character and a picture of New York life in the pre-Civil War era. But there are the same pictures, the same compelling narrative style, the same intuition...

Author: By C. F., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 12/17/1938 | See Source »

It may be that the clean air, the snowy winters with bright skies, the flood of summer sunlight reflecting off the sea, the red barns and white cottages and dry-shingled wharf shacks wash and burn the Thomas Kings and Tom Baileys until they are scraped down to the "cord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 12/14/1938 | See Source »

In the opinion of the Faculty of Design, the architectural education now offered at Harvard is superior to that in any other university. When the new arrangement goes into effect, the School of Design will assume the character of a laboratory in which the students, being already familiar with the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Offers Architecture as Field of Concentration in Fall | 12/13/1938 | See Source »

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