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...LlFE will not only amuse but record in pictures our history. I recall as a boy many times going over bound copies of Harper's recording (by drawings)the Civil War. It is still a valuable record. With the modern and Eastman (ad for Rochester) film you can excel that record. May you do so. The film is mightier than the pen. WILLIAM H. GORSLINE Rochester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 14, 1936 | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...John Rhodes, are awarded annually on the basis of scholastic and literary abilities; moral qualities; under which are considered manhood, truth, courage, and fellowship; force of character and leadership; physical vigor, as demonstrated by interest in outdoor sports. As the committee is on the watch for men who will excel in a particular field, intellect and character will receive more emphasis than the quality of physical vigor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: APPLICATIONS FOR RHODES AWARD ARE DUE BEFORE NOV. 7 | 10/2/1936 | See Source »

Much as Vogue bolsters up U. S. feminine morale in the struggle to excel in beauty & charm against all comers, so Esquire sought to cry courage to U. S. males with an article claiming to be based on five months of U. S. feminine research in Cuba and points South. "It is a common belief all over the world that Latin men are the best lovers and Americans the worst," declared Esquire. "This is a hoax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Lousy Lovers | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

...voice and she returned to Spain, lived out of doors, burned countless candles to the Virgin Mary, waited for months without attempting to speak. When she returned to the Metropolitan in 1921 she established herself still more strongly with the Opera's subscribers. There was no one to excel her as Manon, Juliette, Mélisande, Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohème, Fiora in L'Amore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Metropolitan Milestone | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

That makes the Mine excel the Thine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/12/1936 | See Source »

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