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...container marked Veritable Benedictine D. 0. M., taken from the shopwindow, was found exactly to resemble the French original in bottle and labels. But the two red wax seals bore the faint impress of a coin stamped with the word LIBERTY and below In God We Trust-a U. S. 25? piece, latest issue. Smell deceptive, taste unmistakably raw. Report by the Mirkin Analytical and. Pathological Laboratory, Inc., 133 Second Avenue: "Proof 90; alcohol by volume 45%; extractive matter [i. e. benedictine flavor] 23%; wood alcohol, none. . . . The examined sample is free from harmful ingredients and can be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: In God We Trust | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

...yoke of oxen sprawl into the ground. After extricating the animals, searchers found a series of unknown, unrifled tombs. Chief among them was that of an Etruscan hero, shrouded in blue and white gauze, with his little possessions around him, even a branch of laurel, still green. A coin in the tomb dated it about the 3rd century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

With infinite caution he now rested his left arm against the poor box, and, bending down as though in profound prayer introduced the gum-tipped bone through the slot. A coin stuck to the gum. Soon it was dextrously transferred to a greasy vest pocket. Then another coin, another another-while vast St. Peter's rang with the glorious music of the Church Militant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAPAL STATE: Whaleboning in St. Peter's | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

...Moscow grim Nikolai Lenin's grimmer successor, Josef Stalin, showed last week that he too can coin mirthless epigrams, as hard as the nickname, "Steel," which Lenin gave him. Samples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Steel Epigrams | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

...annum, thus becoming the highest-paid public official in the land excepting the U. S. President ($75,000). Defending the idea, said he: "I don't need the money. If it became a sporting proposition, I'd bet on the turn of a coin the amount of the raise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 30, 1929 | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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