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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scottish singer: "From West Virginia I wrote in support of Sunday observance in England: 'I am against Sunday theatre shows and have told my fellow artists if we fail to uphold our religion and our Sunday, men will scorn us, women will weep for us and children will be taught to hate the name of the theatre, and the curses of generations to come will be forever at the stage door. Men who disregard God's word and God's work can never hope to be respected. When for the first time I came to America I had four Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 31, 1927 | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...persistent, it will not help matters to make even exceptional laws ridiculous. The fault however, does not lie with Mr. Finley of Kansas but with those who have given the cause for so justified an attack. We hope his lesson will be taken to heart by law-makers who fail to realize that theirs is a serious job. Law enforcement is difficult enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAUGHING IT OFF. | 1/21/1927 | See Source »

...United States cannot, therefore, fail to view with deep concern any serious threat to stability and constitutional government in Nicaragua tending toward anarchy and jeopardizing American interest, especially if such state of affairs is contributed to or brought about by outside influences or by any foreign power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presidential Message | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

Students who fail to file their cards before this time will be subject to a fine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Cards Due Monday | 1/15/1927 | See Source »

...sympathize deeply . . . but ... I cannot afford to fail. . . . I am a recent, very recent addition to your 'beloved Chicago' . . . Please answer the following question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Cub | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

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