Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dislike TIME. As a matter of fact, there is no magazine that I read which has such bad taste-the Heflin article-or such smart-alecky style. Your "inside stuff" is commendable, but Variety has far more than you, and is also amusing...
...from the White House to Congress the first veto message* this session. In it, President Coolidge disapproved a House bill to create a part-civilian board to supervise national rifle matches. The President said he was advised the bill was unconstitutional since it took from the War Department a matter pertaining to national defense and established a nonFederal agency "to perform Federal functions at Federal expense...
...thought that the Conservative Cabinet has hit upon a shrewd program, well calculated to catch votes, and probably destined to further the extremely basic interests of British industry and agriculture. The burden of the "rates" has not seldom been recklessly imposed by local authorities, and should properly become a matter of national concern. Finally the 1,000,000 workpeople who continue unemployed in Great Britain should be able to find many a job in the producing industries which Chancellor Churchill proposes to assist or partially subsidize. Therefore the votes of the unemployed and the votes of most laboring working people...
...Majesty beloved Albert I is King of the Belgians, but the most potent & picturesque Belgian is Captain Alfred Loewenstein. Last week the stocky, swarthy Captain stepped down upon Manhattan from the liner lie de France with modish but retiring Mme. Loewenstein. As a matter of course, they had occupied the liner's premier suite de luxe and had brought along as guests four titled friends, le Comte et la Comtesse de Grunnes & le Comte et la Comtesse de Montalembert. Equally as usual to the Loewensteins was their staff of 15 secretaries and personal servants. Necessarily eight suites and cabins...
...dancing beauties, Paul Whiteman, lately called "the jovial Premier of Ultra-Modern Music" and his 33 piece band inaugurated their second week as the feature stage attraction at the Metropolitan yesterday. Those who did not see the jazz-makers last week, as well as those who did, for that matter, should not miss this remaining opportunity, as both band and leader are even better than formerly in a lavish revue, with special settings, lighting effects, and costumes. The famous orchestra is the nucleus of the show which is more elaborate than usual, as is always the case...