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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...being paraded through the Herald sport columns on a "by-line" by the fact that he has an office of notorious hospitality in the Cambridge Savings Bank Building. If the mere possession of an office with all rent paid is not sufficient to prove Dick a thoroughly good correspondent, let it be mentioned that he possesses a Ford which has served as official conveyance of the press this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Issues Confidential Guide to Press Box Personalities and Tactics | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...book has not succeeded in convincing the reviewer that it is genuine, scientifically historical work. In any case, it has all the earmarks of popularized history with some genuine historical paraphernalia attached. Let it not be gathered from the above that the reviewer did not enjoy reading the book in hand, for that would be very far from the truth. The story of Genghis Khan, the struggles of his childhood, the hardships of his early manhood, his growing success, and finally his great achievements culminating in the acquisition of an empire stretching from China to Arabia, could not fail...

Author: By E. A., | Title: Father Brown -- Salome -- Genghis Khan | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...however, in the general tenor of their minds. For no gathering of like size preserves the geniality of a football crowd, immediately let out of the stadium. Surprisingly enough there is comparatively little boisterousness. There is a composure which is almost marked enough to be termed bovine; there is content. The tramp of tens of thousands of shuffling feet, the clink of colas in the Salvation Army blanket, the dolorous wheeze of the organ man, the shouts of the game extras, the smell of popcorn and frankfurters--these are what the artist designates as local color. And the fact that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BIG PARADE | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...Filipinos, not knowing what the future holds for them, are unable to develop their own genius in government. If the United States wants to continue governing the Philippines, it should do so, and should assume complete responsibility for them; if it wants the Filipinos to govern themselves, it should let them, and withdraw completely. Any midway solution breeds only trouble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUEZON REQUESTS INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES | 11/15/1927 | See Source »

There is no higher authority than the reporter on the scene. In some newspaper organizations, one major error by a reporter and he is ousted. Depending on this tradition of truth or upon the stability of their Jackson man, the Herald Tribune had let the story through, with no questions asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Greatly Exaggerated | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

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