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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many whose hearts were not particularly touched by Ishbel Macdonald's praiseworthy interest in George Washington, prepared to greet her father as one of the few Great Men of today. Not the least of his achievements was to build up the potent British Labor party out of thousands of unionized workers whom he taught to realize that what they could not win by strikes and violence they might gain in the halls of Parliament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ramsay Sails | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

...aristocratic Cagliostro, formed to bewitch the young Prince." Soon Eulenburg could write in his diary: "The Prince's affection for me was an ardent one . . . my musical performances drove him into almost feverish, raptures . . . always sitting beside me and turning the pages . . . and he loved to greet me with turns and phrases from my verses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS ABROAD: Effeminate War Lord | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...watch the play of his more fortunate fellows. He later explained that he was sorry, had not been addressing Cruickshank. But Cruickshank, unnerved, distracted, missed his first putt for a win, his second putt for a tie, received some sympathy, less money. In golfing circles dour looks still greet mention of a "Mehlhorn." Last week in Atlanta, Ga., a match was played in the course of which golf-etiquette was hilariously, enjoyably violated. Twenty-one ladies foregathered, chose up sides. Each lady was then allotted one club, shape and style determined by drawing slips of paper from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Mehlhorn | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...opening exhibitions, leaving the Prime Minister to govern. He does not have to reward Babbits with the use of the Marines; he can make them peers with opposition from none but the House of Lords--a simpler and cheaper process. And Americans are great royalty lovers. They will greet a queen or a crown prince almost as effusively as a woman who swam twenty-five miles in cold water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WANTED: A KING | 2/9/1927 | See Source »

...arrival in the hamlets was received much as the children greet circuses in our small towns. After much gaping staring and laughter the chiefs most of them nice old fellows would step forward to greet us. An exchange of presents was the usual token of friendship. They are extremely fond of tobacco down there in fact so much so that it is used as currency the value being determined by the size of the heads. We carried a tremendous supply with us for trading purposes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "LESS DANGER IN LIBERIA THAN HARVARD SQUARE" | 2/5/1927 | See Source »

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