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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME, Feb. 20, referred to Representative Britten as Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee. Score an error for TIME. Mr. Britten often substitutes, but not permanently, for Chairman Thomas S. Butler of Pennsylvania...
Simultaneously, last week, French airplanes soared over rebellious Riff tribes in Morocco. The Riff have been bombed so often that when a French plane approaches they scatter, after stampeding their cattle in all directions. Therefore the French chose, last week, a market day and scattered what were described as "light bombs" among the thronging market crowds of several rebel villages...
...compact and mutually loyal little body is the Headmasters' Association of the United States. It meets every winter, often at some college. Last week it forgathered with President John Grier Hibben of Princeton...
...some charming alchemy in nature, those places are often the most lovely where men have most suffered. George Washington marched his men to Valley Forge, now a vast well-kept park, along roads that were rutted with ice. The tents went up along the hilltop and the soldiers built their fires in the dark. Night after night the wind blew down like a white wolf, blew the snow up over the small starry fires and howled at Washington's army from a cold, tremendous sky. Soldiers have been brave before and since; Washington's men heard the wind...
...subjects. 7. It is fairly well paid; minimum net salary about $3,000 in most (Episcopal) dioceses. 8. It has permanence of tenure; clergymen (Episcopal) need not fear losing their appointments except for grave cause. 9. 'The clergy are exempt from being drafted for war.' Also they often get ten per cent discount on merchandise and they travel for half-fare on the railroads. 10. 'They are so favored by the kindly attention of wealthy and leading parishioners that their children enter the highest social life.' 11. They are often able to save money, especially when...