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Divorced. Ruth Elder, famed aviatrix; by Lyle Womack, of Balboa, C.Z., who charged cruelty. Example: when Aviatrix Elder returned from her trans-Atlantic flight she refused to kiss him, said "Don't be a damned fool." Husband Womack is now with the Byrd expedition. Said she, in Hollywood: "I still love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Every now and then, someone in Washington "speaks out of turn." Immediately, the rest of Washington is agog and remains so until it has decided whether the outspoken one is a fool, a publicity seeker, a self-important ass or a wise and forthright fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Britten to Britain | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...committee, "preferably in Canada after March 4," for "friendly discussion" about applying the much-vexed principle of seapower equality between the U. S. and Britain to all warships unaffected by the Washington treaty of 1922. When Secretary Kellogg heard about it he as good as called Mr. Britten a fool. "I refer you to the Constitution and the laws," he said. The Constitution, of course, vests the direction of U. S. foreign policy in the President. The Logan Act of 1799 makes it a criminal offense for any citizen without the Government's sanction to correspond with any foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Britten to Britain | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...season or two to produce the irreducible minimum. When the all eastern eleven becomes divided into an all Hanover team, an all Cambridge team, an all New Haven team, and so on down even to an all New Jersey team, the cravings of the boys who love to fool themselves will be filled; and happily to relate everyone will be just where they were before the sporting public replaced a belief in Santa Claus with a serious minded acceptance of the infallibility of sportswriters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES? | 12/5/1928 | See Source »

...think you're making a big mistake," I told him. "I think the snow is worth more than that ear. You'd be a fool not to sell. After all, you'd have your other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Loping | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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