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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speech and motion pictures will be preceded at 6.30 o'clock by a dinner in honor of Dr. Strong. The invited guests include H. J. Spinden '06, of the Peabody Museum, W. B. Cline '24, of the Peabody Museum, Matthew Luce '91, regent of the University, T. H. Culhane '29, Lawrence Coolidge '27, and K. D. Robinson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFRICAN EXPEDITION TO BE UNION FILM SUBJECT | 3/1/1928 | See Source »

...flood control. Enroute to Washington, Candidate Hoover nailed as false a report that he would enter no primary against a Favorite Son, except in Ohio. The fact was that his handlers had just arranged a nationwide radio "hookup" for a speech he was going to make at an engineering dinner in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Candidates' Row | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...have found a general feeling of apprehension for the safety of Colonel Lindbergh, not only among non-fliers but in conversation with experienced aviators. At the recent Washington dinner to the French good-will fliers, Costes and Lebrix, Colonel Lindbergh's flights over Central and South American jungles were the subject of conversation, and it was the consensus that he should quit that sort of thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: If I am killed ... | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

Bushy of hair, muscular of body (which once was puny), Mr. Macfadden has long been proud of himself and his magazines. Recently he circulated among advertisers the information that last summer he made a speech in the British House of Commons and had dinner with a couple of lords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Diluted Sex | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...breeds; others Afghan hounds, Eskimos, Norwegian Elk-hounds, Pinschers (Doberman), Salukis, Schnauzers (miniature), Samoyedes; 17 were miscellaneous. All were in varying states of trepidation or delight, depending upon their personalities. Those who were in trepidation slept or snarled; those who enjoyed the dog show, as many women enjoy large dinner parties, sat up and preened their coats, or barked merrily. To stroll into this lowest floor, where the dogs were "benched" was like strolling into a rout or reception, as imagined by some satirist whose fancy was for the morbid & grotesque; a tramp would have died, surely & instantly, of fright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Putting on the Dog | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

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