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Word: either (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fable has it that every American be wishes to become either president or a millionaire; Coolidge might well advise the youngsters to try for the Presidency, and not worry about anything else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOT JUST A SLOGAN | 12/13/1927 | See Source »

Britons ought to set sail for Germany without passports or visas of any sort. Germans should make the reverse voyage unhampered by official red tape. These statements seemed so self-evident to British and German statesmen, during the past week, that an agreement was reached whereby citizens of either country may visit the other when equipped merely with proof of their nationality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Passage to Germany | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...Idea: Foreign sophistication in a U. S. cookbook.* The Motive: To surprise U. S. cooks with the knowledge that a few left-over green peppers may be transformed into either Mexican frijoles or Armenian dolmas. The Story: Mrs. Ruth A. Jeremiah Gottfried has assembled in staccato sentences 128 recipes: "The booty that one casual observer in foreign kitchens found practical to bring home and too tempting to leave behind." Each recipe has a catch-eye head- ing?some with snap. Examples: "Pilaf: An Extinct Soup"; "Carme-leis: Swoons in Cream"; "Silde-boller: Hamburger with Fins." Eyes which have been caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In the Kitchen | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...During the game," said Col. Forbes, "Ned McLean announced that Jack Johnson, the prize fighter, was to be discharged from the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, and either Ned or Albert Lasker exclaimed, 'Why, his old mother used to work for me and he has a fine of $1000 hanging over him and can't pay it.' Ned McLean said: 'Albert, I'll give $500 and you give $500 and we will pay his fine.' The President spoke up: 'Don't let that worry you: I'll remit the fine,' and the game went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Inexcusable Headline | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

This is the first time since 1904 that the Massachusetts award has not been won by either a Harvard or a Williams graduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE IN GRADUATE SCHOOLS WIN RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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