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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...passing into a crisis!" This was old stuff, but of the same quality that won 5,000,000 Liberal votes at the last election. What was new came next. Earlier in the week, Sir William Philip Morris, famed small-motor-car tycoon, had drummed up another committee of "foremost British industrialists," including Jewish Baron Melchett to try again to save the Empire from "economic ruin" and its "muddling politicians." Poking fun at the "Industrialists," Politician Lloyd George remarked that "Great Britain is the most overindustrialized country in the world. Only 7% of our people are on the soil! At present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: No. 60, Saviors, Sharks | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

...continuing his studies in the German universities of Leipzig and Tubengen, he became a doctor of laws in 1891 at the University of Vienna. After leaving college he went directly into political service and has been active in public life ever since, being regarded as one of the foremost authorities on international government and political science...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REDLICH CHOSEN JUDGE OF WORLD COURT AT THE HAGUE | 9/27/1930 | See Source »

...professor of Architecture and Edmond Joachim Vermell, professor of German Literature at the University of Strasbourg, both to serve during the second half year. Jan Arnoldus Schouten, professor in the Technische Hooge school of Delft, who will lecture on Mathematics during the first half year, is one of the foremost Dutch geometers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWELVE FOREIGN PROFESSORS WILL BE HERE THIS YEAR | 9/26/1930 | See Source »

Improved restaurant facilities are foremost among the several changes made in the Harvard Union during the summer. Other improvements include the conversion of the rotunda over the H. A. A. ticket office into a spacious, well-furnished sun room. As a result of the alterations, the barber shop has been moved to the basement in the front of the building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEVERAL ALTERATIONS MADE IN HARVARD UNION | 9/20/1930 | See Source »

...right along with the most eminent men of their profession. Dr. Risser is the author of various scientific papers and the book-Your Child and You-which is about the most helpful thing I know of upon the subject of children's teeth. She is one of the foremost dentists of America, regardless of sex. I know Dr. Risser only by reputation, so there is no:hing personal in my attitude. (MRS.) MARY HALL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 1, 1930 | 9/1/1930 | See Source »

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