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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will do in given circumstances rather than to take an objective now. Before the great Ludendorff push of 1918, the Germans conducted innumerable attacks of inquiry, compiled a thorough textbook on the behavior of various generals commanding various parts of the Allied line. They learned, for example, that General Gough's army was disposed strongly in its forward or battle zone, but weakly in the rear; that Lieut. General Butler's forces were organized with most of their strength to the left; that the British Buffs of the 18th Division were organized around a quarry. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Information, Please | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...learned canon, Cedric Hardwicke acted with strength, irony, and restraint. Julie Haydon, playing Brigid, was naive and simple in a part which in less skilled hands might verge on Baby Snooks. And although Lloyd Gough overplayed the rebel pedagogue, Sara Allgood, uproariously funny as Miss Jemima Cooney, (a local spinster), and a superb cast more than made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT THE WILBUR | 10/18/1938 | See Source »

...Chicago, held up by a gunman, Street Car Conductor Thomas Gough said, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Don't you know this is Lent?" The man blinked, ran away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 13, 1936 | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

According to last reports, Mr. Gough is still doing well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 17, 1935 | 6/17/1935 | See Source »

...tough Beer-Guzzler Gough, congratulations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 17, 1935 | 6/17/1935 | See Source »

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