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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After an extremely weak first act (the fault of the play, not the players), "The Tailor Made Man" increases in interest, and by eleven o'clock the audience is quite willing to admit that Mr. Cohan has certainly earned his reputation as a producer and connoisseur of humorous drama...

Author: By L. M. W., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/12/1924 | See Source »

...preceding, and whether that generation fell short in this respect of its senior. One thing is certain, at all events, and that is that the present crop of freshmen at Harvard and elsewhere are nothing much when it comes to talking and writing English. It is not entirely the fault of these unhappy youths that this should be the untoward fact, for there are many reasons for it. One is the acceptation in such matters of mediocre standards throughout the country as a whole, a state of affairs that makes itself evident quite as much in the school and colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 3/11/1924 | See Source »

...grandnephew. Since Fredericka will not be dominated, the fight begins. In the end-after a lawsuit, a suicide, much biting talk and a dramatic strike in the Ruylands' factory- Fredericka wins. It is an exciting novel that moves swiftly, without faltering. But it has at least one considerable fault. It claims to be a serious "study." Yet for all its modern setting, much of it seems hardly any more connected with actuality than the incidents of a tale by Jules Verne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Mar. 10, 1924 | 3/10/1924 | See Source »

...Individuals are necessarily subordinate to the common state, and it is their duty to fight if the State goes to war. The fault of the United States in that we did not enter the world war soon enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORLD WAR WORTH THE CANDLE HOLDS NOTED BOSTON CLUBMAN | 2/27/1924 | See Source »

...name of Silas H. Strawn, of Chicago, chosen by the President as special counsel in the oil cases, was withdrawn after opposition to confirming his nomination developed in the Senate. His fault was that he was a Director of the First National Bank and First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, which are depositories of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The withdrawal eliminated both of the prosecutors originally named by the President-the other attorney, Thomas W. Gregory, of Texas, having retired (TIME, Feb. 11) when it became known that he had once accepted a fee from a group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Oleum | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

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