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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Precious. Complete and unassumed inanity is often the means whereby pretty women entice money out of old and stupid men. On this despondent theme, James Forbes (The Famous Mrs. Fair, The Show Shop) constructed this sometimes witty but usually laggard little farce, which was mistakenly provided by Rosalie Stewart, perhaps the most astute among Manhattan's female producers. "Precious" is the name of a girl, in some respects resembling the popular conception of Peaches Browning, who marries and mines a rich elderly man. At length, he grows tired of being the goat and palms "Precious" off on a young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 28, 1929 | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

Parker Gilbert. The hymn of Fascist Italy, often bellowed by Benito Mussolini, exalts "Youth! Youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Morgan Accepts | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

...England's. For ten years the brute has paid the Foundation its millions of royalties, and for ten years the Foundation has given those millions away-to scientific institutions and universities, for publishing magazines and books,* for student prizes. But Foundation intents and promises have often overspanned those millions. Then the Garvans have added their own money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Garvans | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

...Canadian National, however, a government-owned railroad formed from the merger of several Canadian railroads, was in an extremely bad way. Trackage was far out of proportion to traffic; service was often unreliable; profits were nonexistent. Today, however, Canadian National is a worthy rival to Canadian Pacific; since 1922 has steadily risen in performance, in prestige. For in that year came U. S.-born Englishman Sir Henry Thornton to change Canadian National from liability to asset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Pacific War | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

...acting as host to so distinguished a lecturer, Harvard has an unusual opportunity. Often in the past, many have expressed their sincere regrets that Columbia and the American Political Science Association should have occupied so much of Professor Beard's valuable time that a course of his lecturers at Cambridge has been impossible. The repeated invitations, however, have not been in vain, and Harvard is now able to offer a short series of lectures by Professor Beard. Although these lectures are planned to supplement a particular college course, it is gratifying to note that all members of the University will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BEARD LECTURES | 1/26/1929 | See Source »

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