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...book, "The Golden Day", by Lewis Mumford, which is, among other things, the application of Irving Babbitt's canons of literary criticism to American civilization what Van Wyck Brooks is willing to call the greatest book of American criticism, and a book that will thrill and depress any self-conscious and curious-about-himself American down to the very bottom of his feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 12/22/1926 | See Source »

...actual fact would appear to be that we dare not buy the American ships lest we should depress exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Noxious Pest | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

Late in the week, three important Finance Ministry officials-Volin, Chepeliovsky and Rabinowitch-were executed, all charged by the Soviet "political police" with "abetting speculation tending to depress the chervonetz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Stabilize, Execute | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...business of the country in general seems in a fairly prosperous and stabilized condition. The leading factor which is likely to improve or depress it is in all probability the 1925 staple crops. Accordingly, Wall Street today is watching and analyzing weather maps and agricultural reports as never before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Business: The Current Situation: Apr. 27, 1925 | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...Girl. If you are one of the agreeable nomads who blend with the hurrying theatre crowds only occasionally, this play may seem acceptable. It is a musical essay on the trials of Prohibition. The fact that a good many of the lines are frayed with age will not depress you. Yet, if you are a suspicious theatregoer from the midst of the metropolis where a good joke is an old joke in a week, you are cautioned quietly against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Dec. 8, 1924 | 12/8/1924 | See Source »

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