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But before the Ryndam left Rome, the Pope learned something more about circummundane education, which in this instance was coeducation. Editor Allen of the ship's Binnacle unburdened himself of a secret. Taking 100 girls to sea with 400 boys had not been eminently successful, for three reasons which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sub Specie Aeternitatis | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

Once a distracted Frankfort woman came moaning to the aged Frau Rothschild, sobbed: "They say that war is breaking out. They will take my only son." A smile compassionate yet proud twitched the lips of Frau Rothschild: "Ach! Do not be afraid. . . . There will be no war. . . . My sons will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jews | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

A prominent, long-to-be-remembered outrage occurred in San Antonio last year on the final day of the Texas Open Golf Championship. Bobby Cruickshank, diminutive but skillful, came to the 72nd green, found a short putt between himself and victory. The gallery politely turned to stone as Cruickshank commenced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Mehlhorn | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

Distracted, the rich and pious Shet Arjunlal dashed about like a Mexican jumping-bean on a skillet. When told that one dog had leaped over a barrier, chewed off the ear of another dog and eaten it, Shet Arjunlal tore his garments.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: At Kutta Nagar | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

Backstage in "Sunny" land at the Colonial his life endangered by a maze of ropes, "props" and the frantic haste of Herculean property men constructing the "S. S. Triumphant", his wits distracted by the Eight Marilyn Miller Cocktails rushing from the spotlight to their respective dressing rooms and the thunderous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nothing Is Wet About S.S. "Triumphant" Says Sunny Jack Donahue-Philosophizes Amid Falling Scenic Smokestacks | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

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