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...mile off. Scientists have not decided (thinks Fort) whether stars are rushing away from or toward the earth; have failed to note any connection between the discovery of a new star and volcanic activity on the earth. Fort regards Einstein as a mistaken but useful revolutionist: "a Girondist of the Scientific Revolution . . . who has shown with his palsies the insecurities of that in Science which has been worshipfully regarded as the Most High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heretic* | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

Despatches from Rome announce the formation of a Girondist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Girondist Party | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

...Girondist Party is composed of Socialists and was founded by the Socialist Deputies Alessandri and Bianchi to cooperate with the Fascist Party. Thus has Mussolini triumphed over his late colleagues by causing a rift in their ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Girondist Party | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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