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...story is not only of the sea, but also of the urban life of Ireland and the struggle of a strong dynamic man, quite out of place in his natural surroundings. One feels certain that Robert Dun woody is destined for the sea, and yet, after serving his desires for several years, he returns to marry and settle down. It is very evident that he is most unhappy in his new surroundings, and in dealing with the outcome of this unfortunate crisis, Mr. Ervine has built up an exceedingly strong climax...

Author: By Edward PAGE Jr. ., | Title: THE WAYWARD MAN. By St. John Ervine. The Macmillan Co. New York, 1927. $2.50. | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

...House of Parliament" hurried, last week, representatives of the toilers and officers of the vast Dunlop Rubber Co., near Birmingham. Each proud, contented toiler-"M.P." had been elected by the secret ballots of 150 constituents. A "Constitution" stood ratified by the "House of Parliament," and to it all Dun-loppers pledged allegiance and obedience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: What the Worker Wants | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

...show. Troopers were paid off and sent back to their stations while officers continued to argue about which "army" had "won." Among other stratagems weighed for merit was that of dyeing white horses brown to camouflage them from aerial observation. Other modern cavalry camouflage: dull metal mountings on harness; dun netting to dull the flash of shiny saddle seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Cavalry Maneuvers | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

...Treasure Room is exhibiting this week a collection of plates of seventeenth-century. Broadsides and non-Broadsides, and a modern series of Broadsides which are the work of the Dun Emer Press of Dublin, Ireland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Treasure Room Exhibits | 5/25/1927 | See Source »

...Dehra Dun, India, experts of the Forest Research Institute announced the perfection of a process for making white paper out of bamboo pulp; predicted that India could soon supply a large percentage of the world's paper demand. (A bamboo forest grows to an average height of 20 to 60 feet. The largest species reaches a height of 120 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Inventions | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

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