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"You cannot chart politics. You cannot sit down and draw some crooked lines showing where the fluctuations of political sentiment are likely to lead. Then why watch politics exclusively? Instead let us stick to the one formula we all know- 'business as usual.' Never did this country need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Scold | 4/1/1935 | See Source »

Had quite a talk with a sub-contractor who gave a little dope on Jim Farley, organized labor and the NRA the other day. This honest man had it right in his simple way. He said that the logical unions were entirely controlled by a small cabal of thieves who...

Author: By El. Ham., | Title: State of the Union | 1/30/1935 | See Source »

Corset Patterns, At Georgia's Warm Springs Surgeon Michael Hoke invented a clever pattern for the steel-framed corsets which some victims of infantile paralysis wear to keep their spines from growing crooked. Dr. Hoke molds strips of lead to the patient's body, then fashions steel corset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Breakbones, Bonesetters | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

To cinemaddicts who share the Princess' feeling about crooners, Here Is My Heart will reveal the fact that Bing Crosby is not only an accomplished singer but a talented comedian. Nonetheless, it is neither Crooner Crosby nor his songs ("Love Is Just Around the Corner," "It's June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 31, 1934 | 12/31/1934 | See Source »

The pin game is bagatelle (also known as sans égal, Mississippi, cockamaroo, contact with variations. The player drops a coin in the slot which releases a plunger. With the plunger he drives a ball down crooked alleyways of pins until it scores by dropping into one of many holes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Pin Game | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

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