Word: jans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Missouri's Democrat Cochran presented the House with a Reorganization bill of which not even thunder-gusty Columnist-General Hugh Johnson could complain. Eschewing aspects which aroused cries of "Dictator!" last session, the new measure simply invited the President to submit before Jan. 21, 1941 a plan to alter the executive establishment. The plan would become effective if Congress should not (without filibustering) veto it by majority vote in 60 days. Things which the President may not touch or have: Comptroller-General's office, Civil Service Commission, Department of Public Welfare or Works, more than six administrative assistants...
...Fairs are usually remembered for 1) their effect on contemporary architecture, 2) their naughtiest exhibits, 3) their deficits. Unlikely to have either a notable influence on architecture (TIME, Jan. 2) or to admit a deficit, San Francisco's fair is still in the competition with its naughty-naughties. Handicappers' current No. 1 choice is Sally Rand's troupe of cowgirls, wearing boots but no saddles on a "Dnude* Ranch" behind plate glass (see cut p. 16). Instead of "Midway," the fair's fun section is called "Gayway," which, although it means red-light district down South...
...Ignace Jan Paderewski's U. S. debut was no sensation. A stormy crossing from England on a small steamer had upset his stomach. The unexpected news that he was supposed to play six lengthy piano concertos during his first week in Manhattan had upset his nerves. After the concert he returned in a panic to his hotel room, where he immediately started to practice for his second appearance. The other guests banged angrily on their radiator pipes. So he went out again, woke up the watchman at the Steinway Piano Company's warehouse, and spent the rest...
...Jan Masaryk is a pretty illustration of man s inability to transcend his environment, except when it becomes absolutely unbearable. . . . Florid, faultless plaid suit, suede shoes, a proper inch of cuff showing, a hearty voice spouting inconsequential generalities for the press. He was a study in hopeless indifference. How unlike the father...
...pleasure to have a finger in every interesting pie, became fast friends with Chiang Kaishek, Thomas Masaryk, Ibn Saud. At a critical moment in Czecho-Slovakia's history he supplied Masaryk with the necessary funds to become President. Later his daughter, Frances, married Masaryk's son, Jan (since divorced...