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...First Lady may be reconciled by the thought that they are both wrong. American youth should vent its views however "immature" they may be; this is not only its right but its duty. On the other hand, it should not interpret its freedom of speech as the right to "eject" the irksome opponent--and to talk on behalf of the gagged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHILD, HUSBAND, AND WIFE | 2/13/1940 | See Source »

...flank. But for these errors Moltke might have accomplished the extraordinary feat of taking Paris in 26 days by the simple process of entering a neutral side door. As it was, he got so far in that it took the Allies, with U. S. help, four years to eject the invader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Side Door | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...Exchange, was there christened by his bearded fellow-members the"apple-cheeked boy of Wall Street." But Broker Fisk soon cut a man-size figure. In a few minutes one afternoon he sold $2,000,000 worth of securities to Hetty Green-after the doorman had tried to eject her because of her shabby clothes. By the turn of the century he was head of Harvey Fisk & Sons, which was known in Wall Street as one of "The Big Four" (with Morgans, First National and National City Banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETS: Memories | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Murphy. The Judiciary sub-committee did not bother to call Frank Murphy before approving him as Attorney General. But he, whose nonenforcement of a court order to eject sit-down strikers from a General Motors plant at Flint in 1937 had been cited against him, was not satisfied. He asked to appear to give "the real, inside story" of his sit-down conduct, which he had never told because "I never wanted to impair my position as mediator." Now that he was no longer Governor he would speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Flashlit Faces | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

...Some sea cucumbers, when attacked, eject their viscera as a tempting distraction. If the ruse is successful and they escape, they can easily regenerate new insides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: No Backbones | 12/26/1938 | See Source »

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