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Music-loving Dr. Gustavus Capito of Charleston., W. Va. used to get a lump in his throat when he listened to Smetana's Moldau. He wondered why some American composer couldn't write as good a piece about the Kanawha, the river that flows through his home town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Made to Order | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...Gustavus Myers in History of the Great American Fortunes . . . says Washington's fortune, at death, amounted to only $530,000. That is a considerable fortune for that epoch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 11, 1946 | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...GUSTAVUS A. BENTLEY Jamestown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 12, 1945 | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

Plainly he believed and rejoiced. The Japanese feel that the Emperor's peace making is a major revolution like that of 1869. Kagawa explained: "Japan is like Sweden, which was once a very war like nation. Gustavus Adolphus fought many battles, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, but in the end Sweden found that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Through Christian Eyes | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

...GUSTAVUS S. PAINE New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 30, 1945 | 4/30/1945 | See Source »

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