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...photographers spotted one Dr. Albert Einstein Jr., a construction engineer in Switzerland. Because he had a famed name they snapped him roundly, then asked, "Are you any relative of Professor Einstein of Princeton?" "Ja," replied Dr. Einstein Jr., "son." A moment later Father Einstein arrived to greet his relative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 25, 1937 | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

...reveal Homer Martin's evangelical features looking like those of a cornered gangster. He had a cigaret between his lips, a pistol in his fist. Stepping back from the pistol pointed at his midriff, Leader Gallagher said icily: "That's a hell of a way to greet a union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Purge & Pistol | 10/11/1937 | See Source »

...sprouted on each side colossal white pylons four rows deep and as high as the buildings behind them, each pylon topped with a glaring gold eagle. Aryan-owned buildings had the "honor" of sprouting both German and Italian flags, Jewish premises could only fly the tricolor of Italy. To greet the Dictators when they arrived at 5:30 p. m., Berlin's whole teeming proletariat had turned out for a holiday "with pay," proceeded to obey exhortations from Dr. Goebbels to cheer themselves hoarse. Through Berlin streets rode the Dictators, and II Duce was installed as, reportedly, "the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Strong Peace | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

Next week, as "a gracious link with the tradition of the old service," Owney, having traveled for the first time in 40 years, will sit in state in the lobby of the Commodore Perry Hotel in Toledo, to greet the successors of his longtime friends and protectors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Owney Travels Again | 9/6/1937 | See Source »

...thousand Freshmen who greet the Yard for the first time on September 24th will begin an experience that is not just the start of another school year, but rather the commencement of a new phase of their lives. The new surroundings and environment, the new people with whom they will have to deal, and the altogether new responsibility for the ordering of their own affairs mark the end of school days and the beginning of the journey of adult life. And for all but a few the four years spent in Harvard will be an experience rich in itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO 1941 | 9/1/1937 | See Source »

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