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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that all may know, Peerless, at this Show, presented three entirely new cars-the Standard Eight at $1500; the Master Eight at $2000; the Custom Eight at $3000. Quite a vast difference from the model which you list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1930 | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...earth and Jahveh ordered Noah and his entourage into the ark, has given up more of its interments: the Field Museum-Oxford University Joint Expedition found the traces of the tribe of the Elamites, descendants of Elam, son of Shem, grandson of Noah. The Elamites had a fearsome custom of burying alive the attendants of a dead king. The explorers found oldest known examples of civilized pottery and sculpture, about 6000 B.C. Kish is in Mesopotamia, near Ur of the Chaldees. Researches have shown that burial customs of the two peoples were similar. From the Elamites descended the Sumerians, some...

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

...been more consistent, but many have been more brilliant. Finishing in the first five in almost every tournament he enters, Sarazen has had a way of winning the unimportant ones, of yielding in big events to the inspired rallies of inferior players. Two weeks ago he broke his custom of staying in Florida all winter by going to Agua Caliente, Mexico. The men who have built hotels, casinos and a race-track there to attract the money formerly spent at Tia Juana, a few miles away, tempted him and other famed players by making the prizes of their first tournament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Feb. 3, 1930 | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...clubs of the University like Cercle Francais, the Classical Club, and Deutscher Verein, which deal with national cultures, it was the custom some years ago to arrange a regular program of reading from a standard author of the language. This plan was objected to as lacking variety, and great authors were often not available by reason of duplication with college courses. Among other good points, it made possible a general view of a writer's leading ideas, or combined entertainment with familiar study of style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revival? | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

Another departure from former custom was made in the rules pertaining to the taking out of books over night. The general rule had been that reserved books might be borrowed for overnight use after 9 o'clock, to be returned by 9 o'clock the following morning. On Saturday, reserved books from the open shelves might be borrowed after 5 o'clock to be returned Monday morning at 9 o'clock, while those restricted volumes at the Superintendent's Deak might be borrowed after 9 o'clock to be returned Sunday before 2 o'clock. This year, however, these rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: READING PERIOD BROUGHT MORE USE OF LIBRARY IN 1930 | 1/28/1930 | See Source »

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