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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...March 4, Alfred Emanuel Smith stayed in bed till 10 a.m. at West Palm Beach, Fla. Cornered by newsgatherers he said, "Well, I'd forgotten the date. It is really March 4 now, isn't it? No, I don't think I shall tune in. What I want to do is shoot some golf." Asked if he had sent a message to Mr. Hoover, he answered, "Why should I bother him to read a telegram from me? I called on him a while ago personally and gave him my good wishes." Out on the golf course while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 18, 1929 | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

Looking around some more you could see William Harrison Dempsey, the evening's promoter; Estelle Taylor, cinemactress when she isn't being Mrs. Dempsey; A J Drexel Biddle Jr., Harvey S. Firestone, John Ringling, Baron & Baroness de Bonsetten, Irving Berlin, Senator Robert M. ("Young Bob") La Follette, Publisher Paul Block. Charles B. Dillingham. Mrs. William Randolph Hearst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Fight | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

Romanticist: I don't know about that, and anyhow that isn't the way the girl figures...Besides, there's something else, the most important thing, in fact... We're not living in the age of chivalry, but when I go out, part of the fun is in knowing that I'm doing the escorting. Don't deny it, you feel that way yourself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DUTCH TREAT DATES" | 3/2/1929 | See Source »

...seems to be no adequate reason why Harvard undergraduates or the students of any other college or university should be cooped up in designated "halls" where they would be expected to pass most of their time. This proposed artificial method, alleged by its sponsors to be educationally advantageous, certainly isn't conducive to individualism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Syracuse Says Thumbs Down | 3/2/1929 | See Source »

Incidentally, for the benefit of the over-curious, there is a little show called "Manhattan Mary" also playing at the Shubert now. It really isn't of much importance; though, even without Ed Wynn, Boston has seen many worse. It has a strange resemblance to several revues which George White has put out in the past. Plentiful pulchritude combines with consummate costuming and scintillating settings to produce an excellent eyeful. Such is the true George White tradition, and we believe it should be heartily encouraged. The chances are that you've heard most of the lyrics though you probably...

Author: By P. C. S., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/27/1929 | See Source »

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