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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Klondike where her piano-playing husband, through a faked telegram, is supposed to have lest his beautiful trust in her. He follows her to the Yukon, and there he and Dan shoot it out) after he has first made calf-eyes over a piano solo. Of course the husband isn't killed?though Dan is? and after the little child rushe's to his regenerated mother's arms, the good-hearted denizens of the saloon bury their noses in a sentimental mug of beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 16, 1924 | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

...work for universal peace, isn't it a task worthy of the greatest souls and the proudest courages ? Rome of the Caesars attempted it when she was queen of the universe. May Europe of today accomplish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Great Victory | 5/26/1924 | See Source »

...scouts for the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees who came to see an exhibition of pitching skill did not, however, go home disappointed. What Caldwell failed to show them, Spalding showed in abundance, and both were impressed by the Harvard twirler's performance. "It isn't so much speed and curves that count" said one of them after the game. "Nine-tenths of pitching is handing the other fellow what he doesn't like and what he isn't looking for. That's what Spalding did today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN TAKE TIGER BALL TOSSERS INTO CAMP | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

...scouts for the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees who came to see an exhibition of pitching skill did not, however, go home disappointed. What Caldwell failed to show them, Spalding showed in abundance, and both were impressed by the Harvard twirler's performance. "It isn't so much speed and curves that count" said one of them after the game. "Nine-tenths of pitching is handing the other fellow what he doesn't like and what he isn't looking for. That's what Spalding did today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPALDING HERO OF PRINCETON SHUTOUT | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

...impeaching Mr. Nixon," Wald told the audience, "but only as a step, I would even say a small step, to the changes we need in this country. Mr. Nixon isn't the master, he's the servant--he's serving the same clients as when just before he became president he was a corporation lawyer in the same firm that employed Mr. Mitchell...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: 200 Attend a 'Town Meeting,' Call for Nixon's Impeachment | 4/9/1924 | See Source »

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