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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...invention, called the "Oxford" and consisting of four variants of the fox trot and tango. Included in his suite was a thing called the "flicker" which he said was the rage in London. Obligingly he "flicked" for the 80 delegates. Pointing a well-shod toe, taking a step forward with the right foot, bringing the left across so that the ankles touch, the "flickerer" then stamps smartly with the right foot, executing a quick chasse (chasing the right foot out of place with the left). Another step and stamp with the left foot and one has "flickered." Repeat rapidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dance Masters | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...Rosenwald, and a fifth by Manhattan's Nathan Straus. Before the week was out, Mr. Straus had doubled his $25,000 pledge and lesser contributions from world Jewry poured in at such a rate that officials of the Palestine Emergency Fund said that they would be able to forward a quarter-million dollars weekly to the Holy Land "as long as the need for immediate relief exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Islam v. Israel | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...just, weary from his pharmaceutical labors in the dispensary of the Federal jail in Washington, D. C. Not only the cloistered seclusion of prison walls but trust in his company's progress protected his rest. For, while Harry F. Sinclair slept and while he worked, plans were going forward for enlarging his company's outlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Oily Deep | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Mentally Egotistical Man. His hips are forward as he leans back on his heels, stomach and chest inflated. His hands are weak, his chin raised. Over his body there is very little mental control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Character Postures | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

Normal Man. Different are the types of various races. The U. S. Normal Man stands with his feet fairly well apart, his weight forward, more aggressive than philosophical. His hands are well controlled, his arms relaxed, his head straight, his chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Character Postures | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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