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...hevn't, guess we'll make ye say something.' So they went away and lied copiously. . . ." He speaks of the U. S.'s "obedient and instructed Press," of the "overwhelming vacuity of the national life," of the U. S.-Canadian border: "And always the marvel-to which the Canadians seemed insensible-was that on one side of an imaginary line should be Safety, Law, Honor and Obedience, and on the other, frank brutal decivilization." But Theodore Roosevelt he liked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Allah's Name | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

...Marvel." When Senator Ashurst rose last week in the Senate, he was interrupted by Senator Bailey of North Carolina who asked whether Mr. Ashurst did not say after the Supreme Court's NIRA decision that among the "unjust criticisms" leveled at the President was the charge that he intended to enlarge the Court. Senator Ashurst at that time said: "A more ridiculous, absurd and unjust criticism of a President was never made. No person whose opinion is respected has favored attempting such a reckless theory and policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: The Big Debate | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

...inconsistency and in spite of his ponderous eloquence, Senator Ashurst succeeded in driving home one point which many opponents of the President's proposal ignored. Said he: "That bill is the mildest of all the bills that could have been introduced on the subject and I marvel, in the present circumstances, at the moderation of the President. . . . His proposal does not tinker with the Constitution. . . . There is nothing in the bill that in any way restricts the Supreme Court acting as it has in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: The Big Debate | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

...marvel at thy magnitude, I wonder at thy weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ward's | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Last week a rare medical marvel named Regina Bramy died in San Francisco and Drs. Harold Brunn & Albert Lincoln Brown finally completed her case history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hard Heart | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

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