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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the bow of the S-51 came up "by the desire or intent of the salvage force" as to state ". . . (the) workers were astonished to see the nose of the sunken monster suddenly poke through the waves. . . ." The facts of this accident as reported by TIME do not differ materially from those cited by Captain King. None the less TIME did not explicitly state that the pumping of a small amount of air into the lifting pontoons on the day in question was but a preliminary action, not intended to produce the disastrous raising of the bow, which actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 19, 1926 | 7/19/1926 | See Source »

...bill is premised on the fact that the two races in the Philippines, Filipinos (Christian) and Moros (Mohammedans) differ temperamentally and every other way, that the Moros being in the minority are trampled on by the Filipino majority, that the periodic Moro uprisings come from no other cause. It proposes in the name of not only wisdom but justice that the Moro part of the Islands be given a separate government under the U. S.-in brief that U. S. try to solve the Philippine problem as the British solved the problem of Ireland. But General Aguinaldo as a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Philippine Problem | 6/28/1926 | See Source »

...revival of "Macbeth" in the first decade of the century being particularly memorable. The style throughout is readable, and as one progresses from chapter to chapter, he finds himself placing increased confidence in the authors critical powers. Polite to other writers in the field with whom he may differ, he makes only the most modest claims for his own work, which is undoubtedly the most generally useful book now available for its period, and certainly, with its particularly well-selected illustrations from the Theatre Collection of the Harvard Library, the most beautiful in format. The volume is recommended to every...

Author: By R. G. Noyes, | Title: Extremely Palatable Reading | 6/8/1926 | See Source »

...This Committee desires at the outset to recognize the sincerity of those with whom it differs in the matter of military training. It realizes particularly that many splendid men are engaged in teaching military science in schools and colleges and that it is far from their purpose to inculcate in pupils lust for war. It knows that members of the War Department and Army officers who advocate compulsory military training for all boys do so from the firm conviction that this is the best way to keep our country out of war. Here, in other words, is a question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD PROFESSORS ON COMMITTEE THAT CONDEMNS MILITARY TRAINING | 6/2/1926 | See Source »

...ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY?A girl whose dream lover suddenly arrived and showed that dreams differ from flesh and blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: May 31, 1926 | 5/31/1926 | See Source »

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