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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Brooklyn, N. Y., where are stored the Atlantic fleet's supplies. Out leaped six men. A guard felt the tickly touch of revolver muzzles, swung open the gate. Into the wide Naval Depot yard swept the cars. The guard was forced to unlock the door of the eight-story main building. Then the raiders trussed him up, plastered his mouth with adhesive tape, locked him in the Depot detention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Jobs oj the Week | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

Stephen Vincent Benet, prominent among the young school of writers, will address an audience composed of members of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock in the main Living Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HILLYER LAUDS BENET, WHO SPEAKS AT UNION TONIGHT | 11/20/1929 | See Source »

...will pick the members of the Polls Committee, whose duty is to arrange for the carrying out of Senior balloting in the main lecture halls. The chief work which the Committee undertakes is the computation of the results after the Senior elections have been held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUGGAN CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF JUNIOR POLLS COMMITTEE | 11/14/1929 | See Source »

There are two main groups of people in the world, those who think and those who do things. A third class, those who think and then do things is as small in numbers as it is important in effect. Obviously Mr. Soares was pondering some method for enlarging the latter group when he allowed himself to be quoted in the CRIMSON as favoring some plan for the closer incorporation of extracurricular activities with the academic work of American Colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OIL AND WATER | 11/14/1929 | See Source »

Marshal Pilsudski was not caught napping. At ten minutes before gavel time his limousine swirled up to the door of the Sejm. Five minutes later came a tramping of feet. Ninety blue-grey Polish officers, belted, booted, spurred, bristling with smallarms, marched into the main lobby of the Sejm building

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Pilsudski v. Daszynski | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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