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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...what was to follow. The wicked Brantly grew amorous. "His lips . . . resembled squirming purple worms. 'I'll show you!'" he snarled. He was a desperate man. They struggled. A marble statuette of Purity appropriately fell on Brantly and beaned him. Myra was safe-but she must flee-yes, at once -for if the police should find her with Brantly's body ... So she immediately went to the Plaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gloriously Beautiful | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

President Li Yuan-Hung was forced to flee from Peking under pressure from the Militarists. At Tientsing, capital of Chihli province, the presidential train was stopped by soldiers of the Governor of Chihli. President Li was forced to resign. He had, however, taken the precaution of giving his seals of office to Mrs. Li before leaving the Chinese capital. Application of the "third degree" made Li speak and Mrs. Li hand over the seals to the leaderless Cabinet in Peking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Quo Fad is? | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

...bright picture of the present holds many attractions for purists, and undoubtedly, the exemplary conduct of the Princeton class reinforces their position. But regardless of the improbabilities of such an ideal institution, the disciples of indifference who flee from possible instruction at "seven minutes after" may well look to those purposeful students for inspiration. The spectacle of a Harvard class functioning without its professor would split the hands on Memorial Hall clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THIS FREEDOM" | 5/9/1923 | See Source »

From those sad few of us who are struggling to flee from the Ulysses-Black Oxen-Jurgen mania, Francis Brett Young's latest book draws forth a sigh of relief. In "Pilgrim's Rest" there is realism to be sure, but it deals with the loneliness of the African jungle, and the ups and downs of life in an African gold-mine town. Like its contemporaries got it is outspoken, and yet it leaves one with the comforting feeling that perhaps the present-day light novel has not completely fallen into the hands of a corporation of psycho-sexualists...

Author: By A. B. D., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 4/27/1923 | See Source »

...regard to King Lear as a character. Professor Kittredge concluded, "He is a true hero and every inch a king, even in madness when he rejects suggestions to flee. He never ceases to believe that the realm is his and he is its master. He is a man, a father, a king...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISCUSSES PLOT OF KING LEAR TRAGEDY | 1/27/1923 | See Source »

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