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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Honorable gentlemen opposite have been pretty cunning, very crafty in some of their methods of dealing with situations. . . . They have talked about a red-blooded attitude on the part of Canada They have chosen their ground well, because, if there is one thing above another that the honorable gentlemen are good at, it is jingoist pronouncements, more particularly when they relate to the United States. But may I say to my honorable friends opposite it is not a red-blooded attitude that is needed at the present moment so much as a cool-headed attitude, and a cool-headed attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Red Blood, Cool Heads | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...Conference only toward the end, for the discussion of Soviet Russia, his opinion of the whole fiasco is nonetheless violent. He spits fire upon Wilson Biographer Ray Stannard Baker's smugness: "Mr. Baker detracts from the vindication of his hero by the absurd scenario picture which he has chosen to paint. Wilson's share in the Peace Conference, his hopes, his mistakes, his achievements, his compromises and his disasters are worthy of something better than the Hollywood setting with which we are provided. The President is represented as a stainless Sir Galahad championing the superior ideals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Winnie the Poohbah | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

Candidates for the debate will speak for five minutes on the subject: "Resolved, That as opposed to Mr. Stegfried's opinion, French industry may adopt American methods of mass production without fear of compromising its individualistic advantages." Six men will be chosen who will speak in the finals on May 2 in Paine Hall. The judges tonight will be Professor F. C. Packard Jr. '20, Professor R. L. Hawkins '03, and Dr. A. C. Sprague...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRIALS FOR PASTEUR MEDAL TO BE HELD THIS EVENING | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...result of trials held last night in Sever 36, six men were chosen for the finals of the annual declamation in French, known as the "Concours Oratoire pour la Medaille France-Amerique". Those selected were A. F. Archer '30. Joseph Barber '32, W. D. Carter '31. P. G. Livermore '32, M. P. Shaw '31, and F. M. Watkins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIX CANDIDATES CHOSEN FOR FINALS OF FRENCH SPEAKING | 4/17/1929 | See Source »

...silent form that lies here today is not the man we knew. The soul-the thing that gave him being, personality and force-is what we knew. It is beautiful that it should have chosen that limpid Easter Sunday to leave the tired body from which it has arisen to shine resplendent in the glorious achievements of a memorable life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Under Two Flags | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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