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...people are talking about the return of respectability. Here* is proof that they may be right. A young lady, once frisky as you please, writes a book about Romance being all very well but not half so dependable as the sterling oldtime conventions???emphasis on family, worldly goods, comfort and the like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: May 9, 1927 | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

Congress would like to adjourn on June 7, before the political conventions???so the press was given to understand. But there are obstacles. Very little has been done. The Senate, especially, feels that there may be much for it to do in the meantime. If the session continues through the political conventions there is no telling when it may end?perhaps not until it is time for the members to go home and mend their fences before election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week May 26, 1924 | 5/26/1924 | See Source »

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