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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thing was that the number of cases assigned to other young lawyers was not mentioned for comparison. Nor was the ability of the young lawyers in question evaluated. The embarrassing feature for the Smiths was that of the several judges who made the assignments. two (the Hons. Joseph M. Proskauer and Bernard L. Shientag) were to accompany the Warrior on his campaign and a third, the Hon. Thomas C. T. Grain, was getting himself considered last week (among others) as a candidate to succeed the Warrior as Governor. All this led to a further question of propriety: should judges enter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Warrior | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...from the Lesser Antilles had come a hurricane. Its centre moved along slowly, nine or ten miles per hour, but the vast volume of air it sucked went raging by at 130 m...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Great Winds | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

Relief. The Red Cross concentrated its national organization. Henry M. Baker, National Director of Disaster Relief, hurried to Porto Rico on a destroyer. Public subscriptions were begged from the nation by radio, press and pulpit. Preparations were made to purchase tons of supplies for shipment to the Caribbean. In Florida, Nominee Robinson of the Democracy interrupted his campaigning to aid in relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Great Winds | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...temperature and air pressure until they become gigantic whirls, sucking air toward their central vortices like gargantuan vacuum cleaners." Caribbean hurricanes of more or less violence are common near the autumnal Equinox. Last week's winds were reported to have attained at times the unusual velocity of 145 m...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Great Winds | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...m. and the Messrs. Ziegfeld and Wagner had not arisen for the day. Neither had the Replogles. When the Customs inspector came through, Mr. Ziegfeld said yes, he had no alcoholics. The Replogles said no, they had none either. Dr. Wagner, however, spoke up and admitted he had some whiskey left in a bottle. The "Roamer's" porter confessed he had a bottle of beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Common Customs | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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