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...hysteria for the repression of minorities is dying a hard death, Employers still find public support for the breaking of strikes through resort to laws against criminal syndicalism. Any protest by labor unions is proof positive of the spread of sinister influence. And if cries are heard from the red or yellow press--the more need for stern suppression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WANTED: A CHAMPION | 3/21/1925 | See Source »

...champion; Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, Miss Francis Hadfield of Milwaukee, Miss Dorothy Klotz of Chicago, Mrs G. H. Stetson of Philadelphia. Suddenly, one of their number pointed to a name, emitted a snicker. Others, following his shaking finger, perceived the joke, began to titter, to cackle. Soon a hysteria of amusement possessed the group; they laid hands upon one another, crowing; they pressed their sides, their eyes watered freely, they stamped upon the ground; some, more abandoned, slipped limply down and rolled, helpless, among the feet of those left standing. Oshkosh! They had seen the name of Oshkosh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Belleair Golf | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

...lack of hysteria among steel producers at the return of fair production rates is due to the sharp lessons received in the spring of 1923 and again in 1924. On both occasions, demand suddenly appeared, prices rose and steel mills broke all records for production. This led quickly to swamping the market, decreased demand, dull activity and falling prices. The productive capacity of this country's steel industry is tremendous; demand for steel, while wholesome and constant, is not sensational and may not be so in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Steel | 12/29/1924 | See Source »

...wake. And, in the the midst of all, burst Teapot Dome. Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior in Mr. Harding's Cabinet, was cast in the shadow, if not of crime, at least of grave impropriety in dispensing leases of the Naval Oil Reserves. The Senate went into "hysteria"; the scandal drove two members, Denby and Daugherty, from President Coolidge's Cabinet (TIME, Mar. 17, April 7). But Mr. Coolidge, either indecisive or unwilling to be hurried, was slow in bringing about changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Yesteryear | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

...that all men are tarnished; it is woman's task to select a husband that cleans easily. May McAvoy and Marie Prevost occupy themselves to good effect as the fiancée and the wild oats. The picture is to be recommended, but not with banners and hysteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

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