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Then he was taken in hand by Pennsylvania's Boss Joseph N. Pew. "Too bad, dear," said rich, beauteous Mrs. Jay Cooke IV when her husband was made chairman of the moribund Republican City Committee in Philadelphia. Unrecorded were Mrs. Cooke's remarks last week, when Boss Pew headed Jay Cooke toward the U. S. Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Socialite, Senator, Sovieteer | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

...later, the French-German pact became moribund and M. Bonnet was "no longer master in his own house." The German summary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Low-down on Bonnet | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

...Nini Theilade), a hoop-pantalooned Lola Montez (Ludwig's grandfather's mistress) with a belt of false teeth, Mr. and Mrs. Sacher Masoch in riding breeches, and enough assorted subconscious erotica to strain the limbo of an experienced psychopath. Meanwhile, at one side of the stage, a moribund, vine-sprouting faun in red tights concentrated on knitting a sock with three-foot knitting needles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Krafft-Ebing Follies | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Strongest single stimulant to this lately moribund business is large-scale production of compact, streamlined pianos adapted in size and style to modern apartments and retailing at about $225 up, some $100 less than the old units. No. i innovation are Wurlitzer consoles finished in "Kordevon," a cloth covered with ten coats of the plastic, pyroxylin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Swing & Upswing | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...Fogg's) brilliant exterior it is a rotting hulk aimlessly floating on a sea of meaningless and unrelated detail. . . . When it comes to relating fine arts to the life and thought of an epoch, particularly the epoch we are living in, the department is inadequate, barren, and moribund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

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