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...Marines in Eurasia. The complicated romance between the best-looking Marine and a Russian girl is so intelligently directed by Howard Higgin that at times you do not notice that the story is entirely pointless. Best shot: the camera moving from one face to another at a court-martial while a voice from an unseen source thunders accusations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures May 6, 1929 | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...Poet Martial", Professor Rand, Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/16/1929 | See Source »

Because the French Federation of Feminine Sports denied her application for an amateur racing license on the grounds she wore trousers and used language learned in the army camps of a martial grandfather, Madame Violette Morris of Paris, Olympic discus thrower and all-around athlete, sued the Federation for 100,000 francs. Because Nature had not shaped her conveniently for the accomplishment of her athletic ambitions, she last week horrified Paris by having a surgeon remove both her breasts. Said she: "Sport is all my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pour le Sport | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

When asked "What's south of Mexico?" few U. S. citizens are smart enough to reply, "Guatemala." Last week, President Lazaro Chacon had to declare martial law, because one Col. Fernando Morales Jr. had suddenly fomented a revolt in Western Guatemala, and seized the city of Mazatenango...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Intervention? | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

President Miguel Abadia Mendez declared martial law, peace was restored, and from Santa Marta sailed a laden ship owned and operated by the United Fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Banana | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

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