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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ingalls, niece of John Pierpont Morgan, managed to enter Soviet Russia last month without a visa. Last week she got out of Bolshevikland without even a passport, sold to Hearst papers the romping diary of her exploits, then spilled her story all over again to every correspondent who would listen. Young men-about-Manhattan sighed. They know "Molly" Cogswell. Acutely they sympathized with Bolshevik males who were unable to withstand her high, burbling, husky wheedle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Soviets Prefer Brunettes | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

...glory. At the end they settle in their own way an argument as to which of them is the father of Lily Damita's child. Director Raoul Walsh, who himself acts the part of a Marine captain, gets music in by having the Marines play mouth organs, listen to instrumental concerts, and march, when possible, to bands. Best shots: disembarkation in the Brooklyn Navy Yard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Aug. 19, 1929 | 8/19/1929 | See Source »

...confusion. Not so Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, curly-headed, fat-cheeked, dynamic pastor of Manhattan's Park Avenue Baptist Church. Last week he made one of the direct, unequivocal remarks which distinguish him from so many divines, which make the overflow of his congregations willing to listen to him by radio in the basement of his church in order to earn admission to regular upstairs pews on the following Sunday (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 'Scandal, Disgrace | 8/19/1929 | See Source »

...deputy in Paris, attempted to unite King and People. Of the despised People's deputies he made a National Assembly and, when the Revolution of 1789 occurred, tried to get the King to recognize the People as France's new governing power. The King, unfortunately for himself, would not listen. Most of the clergy, shrewd, did listen. The Revolution was a success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stormy Mirabeau | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...arms pleadingly. Then, still in ritual, he abandoned formal gestures, sat upon the chair, and became for the second time and by unanimous vote, Speaker of the House of Commons, First Commoner of the Realm. As such he must wear periwig and gown at all meetings of Parliament, listen to debates, rule tactfully on parliamentary procedure. In return he has a stone palace overlooking the Thames to live in (a wing of the Houses of Parliament), a salary of $25,000 a year, a further allowance for "costumes and effects" of $5,000, and an annual present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Carrots & Commissions | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

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