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...Well, Sir, it's like this. When we catches one he's good fresh herring. When they salts him and hangs him up to dry he's a bloater. When they splits him down his middle and dries him some more, why then, Sir, he's a kipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Prince of Wales & Bloaters | 11/3/1930 | See Source »

With both parties successfully evading positive stand on any really controversial issue by the familiar "red herring" method, party loyalty and convictions are reduced to mere habits of voting. Perhaps if the, voters were able to force the issue on a burning question such as Prohibition there would be less cant and hypocrisy in the party in power, and elections would be something more than personal mud-slinging contests. The present American party system is the most ingenious yet devised to obscure any question of vital interest to the voter. It is no wonder that politics as a vocation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THAT CERTAIN PARTY | 10/30/1930 | See Source »

Most U. S. correspondents drew a red Communist herring across the issue. But actual causes of the strike seemed to be: 1) demand of a 1?-per-hour wage increase by workers; 2) the refusal of workers to divide with their employers the burden of workers' insurance, obligatory since July 1. The employers refused to arbitrate, largely because reluctant to reopen their plants while business depression continues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Strike | 8/18/1930 | See Source »

Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer & tycoon, defendant in a $1,000,000 patent suit brought against him by Herring-Curtiss Co. at Rochester, N. Y. was stricken suddenly with appendicitis. After four physicians had pronounced him in danger, the plaintiffs agreed to allow Defendant Curtiss to leave Rochester, go to Buffalo for an appendectomy, which, though badly needed, was successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 21, 1930 | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

...Fogg Museum Fine Arts 15b Fogg Small Lect. Rm. French 30 Fogg Large Lect. Rm. Geology 11 Rotch Bldg. German 1c Fogg Large Lect. Rm. German 4 Fogg Large Lect. Rm. Government 1 Mr. Beard, B1, B2, B3 Harvard 5 Mr. Elsbree, E1, E2, E3 New Lect. Hall Dr. Herring, H1, H2, H3, H4 New Lect. Hall Mr. Larkin, L1, L2, L3, L4 New Lect. Hall Mr. Maddox, M1, M2, M3, M4 Memorial Hall Mr. Putnam, P1, P2, P3, Harvard 6 Dr. Royse, R1, R2 New Lect. Hall Mr. Shepard, S1, S2, S3, S4 Memorial Hall Greek G, 11 Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Examinations Today and Tomorrow | 5/28/1930 | See Source »

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