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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...music, by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson, is not particularly tuneful, but Mr. Lahr may be correct when he sings: "I Make up for That in Other Ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 21, 1932 | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

...announcement that University officials have at last recognized the serious problem presented by room rents which make an undue demand on student finances, and that they are taking some steps, however preliminary, to correct the situation, must be hailed with satisfaction. But the conduct of the House Plan from the financial point of view has not been altogether capable, and even the promised situation is far from satisfactory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TAKING A REEF AT LAST | 3/18/1932 | See Source »

...object of international law is to make the rights of nations certain, not to unsettle them; if a wrong has been done to correct it at once, not to leave it as a festering sore for any nation to probe thereafter, or as an excuse for action that would otherwise be without justification. One of the worst international evils is the existence of indefinite claims that can be used on convenient occasions. Our government will not go to war, and unless under great provocation will not suspend commercial intercourse, as Japan knows full well; but while using whatever pacific pressure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Warns of Danger if Policy of Stimson Notes is Pursued in Far East | 3/16/1932 | See Source »

...take toll of your intestinal fortitude and decide whether or not you could withstand a visit to Impeacher Patman's district is untimely. Lacking or not lacking in intestinal fortitude, I am not lacking in my knowledge of Cass County. TIME'S statement is correct. There are hillbillies in Cass County. Lovable ones, however, and politicians. Rabbits have been cornered in hollow logs in Patman's district. And snuff (between lower lip and teeth, perhaps Levi Garett's, perhaps someones else) is not uncommon. Some of we wage earning Texans view Ambassador Mellon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 7, 1932 | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

Polly of the Circus (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is a product of that school of cinematic thought which believes that all ministers of the gospel should be wholesome, naïve souls whose love is pure, and that all low-born theatrical folk promptly speak correct English as soon as they take to reading the Bible and consorting with the proper people. The picture might have been interesting because it brought together for the first time Marion Davies and Clark Gable (with the latter's name in larger type in all press advertisements except in Hearstpapers). But the combination contributes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 7, 1932 | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

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