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The Countess Bethlen is the Countess Bethlen, a law unto her smart, svelte self. She exchanges plot ideas with Statesman-playwright Benito Mussolini. When her plays are produced in Italy he goes to them, claps his hands, wires congratulations. Obviously the Countess Bethlen was earning the foreign money she spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN EUROPE: Misers, Moratorium & Countess | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

"What in the world could have been the cause of my eyesight failing at such a critical moment? Is it liable to happen again without the aid of the 18th Amendment? I saw the old Constitution outside of Annapolis the other day. She looked quite innocent of having had any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Almost Ahab | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

One roundly applauded speaker Charles Franklin Kettering, long, jointed head of General Motors Corp. Obscure to the general public, Re searcher Kettering deserves fame as inventor of the self-starter (first used Cadillac), as an important contributor the perfection of Duco, Ethyl Frigidaire. Surrounded at home and work by strange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Advertising v. Adversity | 6/29/1931 | See Source »

"I Have Not Surrendered!" That anyone should have misinterpreted his words seemed to Mr. Baldwin willful, diabolic. Like a large, well-meaning cow stung by a hornet, he charged into the House H of Commons, defied Mr. Churchill to wrest the party leadership from him, made a great speech, an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Baldwin, Churchill & Gandhi | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

Either because of an astounding innocence or a lurking diabolic sense for publicity, the Lampoon editors have succeeded in acquiring quite a facility in arousing public feeling. "The Boston Evening American" with Mayor Russell as lead off man gave various citizens an opportunity to brand the ill-advised drawing with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRICTLY DISHONORABLE | 1/15/1931 | See Source »

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