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...President Hoover's moratorium proposal-Paris, July 6, 1931." At the same time Ambassador Edge delivered the White House invitation. Swart little Premier Laval graciously accepted the invitation and the inkstands, remarking facetiously: "We are infinitely touched by your gesture. . . . Your compatriots who, we are told, use only fountain pens, will interpret this as a good-natured compliment to the tenacious habits of our ancient civilization." Arrangements were made for the Premier to sail on S. S. lie de France with Ambassador Edge. At first he said he would not take his daughter Jose, 20, with him. But after...
...Long is right?like a fox. He is going at the wrong end of this thing. We should go to the fountain head?that spineless cactus at the head of the Government in Washington. Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party have brought you here today?...
...long or so extensive a look at Milles' handiwork. In fact, nowhere else except in his own garden outside Stockholm has such an array of Milles ever been seen. At the 56th Street Galleries, Manhattan, last year there was a small exhibition. George Fisher Baker Jr. bought a fountain - similar to one in the sculptor's home - for $20,000. Banker Baker set his fountain up in the garden of his Park Avenue town house. Intelligent observers who visit the Milles work this winter will have no trouble in dividing the subjects into two groups. First group exemplifies...
...Washington, Representatives call each other names. In Japan, deputies sometimes fight with daggers and fountain pens (TIME, Feb. 16). In France they punch each other on the nose, have been known to use a dog whip (TIME, Nov. 17 ). In Poland they hurl inkwells, kick each other's shins (TIME, March 10, 1930). But in Mexico they do not fool. As Deputy Ruiz rushed forward, one shot banged out (witnesses later swore it came from the visitors' gallery), followed immediately by a general drawing and firing of guns by Mexico's lawmakers. Manuel Ruiz died...
Music AT NIGHT?Aldous Huxley? Fountain Press...