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...appear on the floor, so that he can stride about, with one foot in Tibet and another in Hong Kong, pointing out the route. Again, when time presses, he produces a most convincing magic carpet to whisk his party home to Hollywood on the tick of the eightieth minute. Yet these tricks of photography and sound-recording seem not at all out of place with such a spellbinder at hand. Mr. Fairbanks does very well indeed with his eighty minutes and ours...

Author: By G. G. D., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 2/19/1932 | See Source »

...widely regarded as an enormously rich, successful businessman. It was news to most of last week's audience that he failed twice in business before he was taken into the family brokerage firm of Lee, Higginson & Co., that his generosity ran him close to bankruptcy again in his eightieth year (1914) when his brother, the late Francis Lee Higginson, anonymously took over the burden of the orchestra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Boston Major | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...Eightieth meeting of the American Chemical Society; at Cincinnati...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Sep. 8, 1930 | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

...March 7-Eightieth birthday of Thomas Masaryk, president of Czechoslovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: Mar. 10, 1930 | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...March 7?Eightieth birthday of Thomas G. Masaryk, president of Czechoslovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Mar. 3, 1930 | 3/3/1930 | See Source »

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