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Word: mayer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Firebrand?A new author, Edwin Justus Mayer, has contrived a satirical romance of incidents from the life of Benvenuto Cellini. Joseph Schildkraut is principally concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The New Plays | 8/18/1924 | See Source »

...Madisonville, Ky., and Archibald Prewitt DeWeese '26, of Lexington, Ky., are awarded James A. Rumrill Scholarships. Thomas Senior Berry of Northampton, and Lewis Hyman Weinstein, of Portland, Me., both Freshmen, receive Crowninshield scholarships, and Mary L. Whitney scholarships go to other Freshmen, Francis Boland King, of Brighton, and Henry Mayer Wilson of Louisville, Ky., while Kemp Henry Smith '26, of Albion, Ill., receives a C. L. Jones scholarship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECOMMEND HUBBARD FOR CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP | 5/2/1924 | See Source »

...President paid tribute to Ambassador Mayer, Dr. von Hoesch's predecessor, and spoke favorably upon the impression which Dr. von Hoesch had made in Paris as Chargé d'Affaires and said that it was fortunate that he assumed his position "personally informed .regarding the thoughts and the will of France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Reception | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

Opinions. Expressions of displeasure with the Supreme Court's decision came from every state. Hiram Johnson called it "an outrage." Senator Borah stated that the power of the court to punish for contempt has been abused of late. Amos Pinchot, brother of the Governor of Pennsylvania, challenged Judge Mayer to send him to jail. Senator Copeland of New York went to the White House, making intercession for Craig. Arthur Brisbane (Hearst editor) said Judge Mayer did not know America was a Republic. Representative Oldfield of Arkansas, the Democratic whip, said: "The country is not safe." Mrs. Craig made plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Contempt | 12/3/1923 | See Source »

...PREFACE TO LIFE-Edwin Justus Mayer-Boni ($2.50). The candid autobiography of a youth whose physical and spiritual adventures touch upon Harlem and Hollywood, "William Blake and Joseph Conrad, manufacturers, magnates, movie-stars, sweat-shop-workers, policemen, poets, editors, reporters. The growth of a mind, the rise of an intelligence, the development of an interesting and hostile point of view. Well written, fertile of ideas, suggesting one of the many possible answers to the query: " What's wrong with civilization in general and American civilization in particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Young Felix-- | 11/19/1923 | See Source »

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