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...snow-flecked Peking, not in tropical Canton, and not in any of the thousands of square miles that lie between did Chinese cry to one another, last week, Rung Hor Sun Hay! ("Happy New Year!"). Reasons: in the second place, very few Chinese had legitimate cause for happiness; and, in the first place, their "new year" does not come until February?when it is observed with fireworks. Thus the thoughts of the docile, unoffensive people of China were not lightened by holiday fripperies, last week, but they were darkened and depressed by a grim certainty: it is at this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snapdragons | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...ride'! Gimme a vitamin now, dearie. Need all the vitamins you got. Need a vitamin to take on a buggy ride. 'Thanks for the buggy ride.' THANKS for the buggy vitamins! Oh, Oh, OH! 'I had a wonderful time! Wonderful treat! Juh-huh-hust to hear the patter of hor-sez feet! THANKS for the buggy ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Popular Song | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

...Times, London, printed the report by J. H. Edgar, inland missionary, of a severe earthquake at Hor Drangu on the China-Tibetan frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Inland Quakes | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

...Nisi Prius, Summer Term, May 20th, Anno Domini MCMXII, hor. 2 post meridiem, on Soldiers Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In re Baseball, Harvard v. Yale | 5/18/1912 | See Source »

...Harvard with a two-bagger and a base hit, out of four times at bat. For Yale, Clark knocked a two base hit in the fifth inning which brought in two runs, and a triple in the last inning. In the fifth inning, Yale secured five runs by bunching hor hits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE 1901, 9; HARVARD 1901, 8. | 5/16/1898 | See Source »

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