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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Old "J. P." begat "Jack"-the present "J. Pierpont Morgan" (as he signs himself with nice filial deference). When introduced as "Mr. Morgan" at a recent smoker of his Harvard class of '89, he promptly cried: "Oh Hell, call me Jack!" Of course only his closest intimates and partners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Iron Man & Velvet Glove | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

To ask "Which was greater, Morgan I or Morgan II?" is as futile as to inquire "Which were better, the years 1880 to 1910, or the years 1910 to 1929?" In the early primeval times of Big Business the Elder Morgan was simply the biggest, most voracious brontosaurus. In the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Iron Man & Velvet Glove | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

"Loyalty to the British Crown is the only thing that forms a bond between Hindu and Moslem, Brahmin and non-Brahmin, Punjabi and Madrassi, British India and Indian States. Destroy that, and you have, by violating the most cherished sentiment of millions, erected an enduring and inseparable barrier to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Menace of Independence | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

Such at least is the version of the natives' criticism offered by Correspondent Julian F. Haas. Still concealing his hero's name, Mr. Haas went on to relate how "Big Feet" resolved to clear himself once and for all of the charge of cowardice. He called in leading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Lieut. Big Feet | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

An important thing about Van Ryn is that he is well-to-do. He will scarcely be tempted to flirt with trouble by writing for the newspapers. His family likes having a first-rate sportsman in the family and he is afforded ample time and allowance to play and practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 6 Man | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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