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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A French actress who recognizes Mrs. Simpson and tries to Kodak her gets a blow from the British bodyguard knocking her camera from her hand, her hat from her head. The Buick speeds in a westward zigzag around Paris, trying to throw newshawks off the chase. When Mrs. Simpson reaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Edvardus Rex | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

Said Sponsor Gates: "The primary purpose of the Cultural Olympics will be first to discover, and second to encourage both children and adults who have latent talents in cultural pursuits. ... It is expected that the future development of the program will provide for a far greater number of competitions to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cultural Olympics | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Marlene Dietrich is a wealthy orphan named Domini Enfilden, who proposes to the Mother Superior of the convent where she was brought up a difficult question. "What," Domini asks, "am I to do?" "Go away . . . perhaps, to the desert," says the Mother Superior. This is bad advice. First person Domini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Garden of Allah | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

"Your question, it deals with an institution, an institution of learning, a college!" He uttered the word "college" in a triumphal stage whisper, as if pleased to discover that the parietal rule did not deal with an Old Folks Home. Continuing, "This has to do with a regulation of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clairvoyant in Keith's Grand Lounge Predicts Abolition of Parietal Ruling | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

In announcing that every Freshman who has fallen prey to November hour examinations will be given a private heart to heart talk in order to discover his personal difficulties, the deans of 1940 have made an important contribution to the welfare of the class. On entering a large university, where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EARLY TO RISE | 11/21/1936 | See Source »

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