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Following this sudden appearance everything was done to make the rabbit feel at home in its own house. It donned the red silk ribbon offered by members of the House, and with the contented smile of a Chinese idol took its place on the "End" table in the middle of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "No Hope For the House" as "The Rabbit Which Is Leverett" Vanishes On Thursday--Murdock Mourns Missing Mascot | 12/18/1931 | See Source »

The love story of John Bray and Clarissa is no more than the thread which goes into the weaving of an American tapestry, a tapestry based on a firm mat of fact gleaned and connected by profound scholarly effort. The entire book would prove of valuable assistance to students of...

Author: By G. F. M., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 11/27/1931 | See Source »

In educational matters, England and America are slowly approaching a common point, by the simple process of moving in opposite directions. That common point is the point at which both nations shall train for leadership the best minds, carefully selected for capacity, and shall train also the less gifted minds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oxford Professor, Formerly at Princeton, Compares English and American Education | 10/28/1931 | See Source »

Snorkey looked blissfully contented as the jury filed out. In a bright green suit ($135) and green-spotted tie he stood in the corridor and smiled. Also pleased with Judge Wilkerson's dispassionate charge were Counsel Ahern & Fink. A moment later Snorkey disappeared. It was 2.40 p. m.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Capone & Caponies | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

In Hammond, Ind., Policeman Ralph Hart saw a funeral passing through the streets on the way from East Chicago to Indiana Harbor. Policeman Hart gazed sympathetically at the mourners following the hearse. The mourners returned cheerful, contented looks. Policeman Hart, puzzled, scratched his head, remembered cheerful, contented looks on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 7, 1931 | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

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