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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Holy Father holds it impossible to conceive of a Christian society where each is free to believe as he lists. . . . Others may whittle away or compromise their principles; not, however, the Vicar of Christ. To assume that he can is to grant that the Spirit of Truth may fail the Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Blasphemy | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

...shrine, for many years the essence of the tradition, the spirit of the fame, the glory of the name of "Fair Harvard" has been accumulating about a man who has always stood for what the University holds most dear and who as a result will never fail to be held in reverence by the institution which recognizes in him the embodiment of those qualities which have made its name renowned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARLES TOWNSEND COPELAND | 1/21/1928 | See Source »

There are, nevertheless, a limited number of courses in which it is possible for the majority of undergraduates to listen to isolated lectures with benefit. Some of these the Student Vagabond mentions. But here again an obstacle presents itself, in that in a number of cases the professors themselves fail to notify the Vagabond of the subjects of their lectures. Patently in such cases we come to an impasse. The Student Vagabond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 1/20/1928 | See Source »

...acquiescent, was perceived by the U. S. statesman who secured the Panama Canal. That the Panama Canal was a business as well as a Naval channel was perceived by the man who founded Florida's perpetual youth?Henry M. Flagler. On his way to Havana, President Coolidge would not fail to be impressed by the Flagler monuments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: To Cuba | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

Cuban officials would not fail to point out to President Coolidge the 15½-million-dollar pleasure park projected near Havana by the U. S. Biltmore interests (John McEntee Bowman, chief); the 706-mile highway which Cuba is building from Pinar del Rio on the west to Santiago de Cuba on the southeast coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: To Cuba | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

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