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...best she could; and the United States, which had lost but 125,000 lives in the whole struggle, was to settle down upon the basis of receiving through one channel or another four-fifths of the reparations paid by Germany to the countries she had devastated or whose manhood she had slain." Immensely entertaining for their very vigor, the chapters on the Peace Conference are less instructive and certainly less valuable historically than Mr. Churchill's commentary on the outskirts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Winnie the Poohbah | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...student section of the Socialist movement one might hope to find a blending of youthful idealism and careful thinking...." Well, as far as we know, we are the only ones in Harvard College so youthfully idealistic as to be interested in the "Liberation of manhood theme," or in the failure of two Anarchist Wops to secure a fair trial. Surely, we are the only ones doing any careful thinking, for, as yet, the Crimson has failed to touch on the real issue: "Was or was not the leading article true...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Explanation | 3/27/1929 | See Source »

Exactly 1,888 years ago last week Caligula was assassinated for insult to a Praetorian tribune. He was only 29, but into the few years of his manhood he packed a rare amount of extravagance, cruelty, debauchery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Salvaging Caligula | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...baby, under the care of men like E. S. Martin '77, and Owen Wister '82, Lampy was the best-behaved little creature you ever saw. He grew up safely into manhood under Gluyas Williams '11 and Robert Benchley '12. There wasn't a whisper against his reputation until he was about forty, and then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FEW FAULTS IN CURRENT LAMPOON, POWEL FINDS | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

...heroine, beautiful though near-sighted and bespectacled, passionately devoted to her children though they visit the pages but once, loyal to a faithless husband though she begs one of her many admirers to elope with her. Because she loved him, Lily Christine had married a smart model of English manhood, penniless gambler, cricketer, master of many mistresses. Lily Christine ignored these "pieces of nonsense," supplied her "old carthorse" husband with a constant friendship, and held the family together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Again, Arlen | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

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