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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...duty. All commercial vehicles are assessed according to weight and type of vehicle. These fees are reasonable and I have heard no complaints from other salesmen about these States. Mississippi, however, is operating a vicious racket which is taking thousands of dollars a year from salesmen. And I mean the salesmen, not the companies they work for; for as a rule, while the company pays all interstate fees, the salesman must pay his own fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 19, 1937 | 4/19/1937 | See Source »

What do you mean by calling buyers of sweepstake tickets "simpletons" in your story on the running of the Grand National in the March 29 issue? You insult the backbone of this country. If I was a subscriber to your magazine I would cancel my subscription...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 19, 1937 | 4/19/1937 | See Source »

Briefly, the purpose of the Guide is to furnish to Freshmen such "off the record" information about planning their course of study which cannot be got from an official catalogue. This does not simply mean hanging out a flag over casy course, or announcing which are the most inspiring instructors and tutors, but also it means collecting a wide range of miscellaneous information to case the ncophytes over the burcaucratic hurdles which University Hall sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE | 4/13/1937 | See Source »

What Time means, what Space is, what the Sea mirrors is more than Virginia Woolf can say: but that they are, that they mean and mirror some Reality measureless to man is the whole import of her writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Time Passes | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

Given a three length handicap, the Varsity passed the Jayvees and beat them to the finish by two lengths with the third and fourth boats about five lengths behind. The fourth crew, stroked by Cedric Francis, nosed out the thirds by half a length, which will mean some shifts in these boats before the final...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY CREW COVERS COURSE IN GOOD TIME | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

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