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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...denounce as unfair, unmanly and un-American this slanderous attack upon me and my record. I am glad to have this matter taken out of the whispering stage and put into the open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mud Pie | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

Oceanology. The hottest part of the Atlantic Ocean runs about 350 miles (5°) north of the Equator, from Africa to South America. Carribbean waters are just as warm (80° F.). Almost as warm, and much higher in level than the open ocean is the Gulf of Mexico. The combination of Gulf temperature and level with the West Indies volcanic action and the twirling of the Earth sets a current of warm water running north along the American coast to Newfoundland-the Gulf Stream. A wall of cold water separates the Gulf Stream from the North American continent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cold England? | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

Twelve special trains chuffed into the small town of Rzeszow, last week, bearing 10,000 docile prisoners, guarded by some 1,000 police. Soon a large military drill ground was fitted out with grandstands and constituted as an open air courtroom. Only 62 lawyers and 100 witnesses were present. The 10,000 defendants were charged with malfeasance as petty officials of the Polish Railway Men's Benevolent Society, which has only 21,000 members. The case, first heard at Lwow last year, with a mere 6,000 defendants present, will now proceed in earnest, is expected to drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Suit | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...accustomed tourist, the mêlée in the Rue de la Paix was not unfamiliar. Similar scenes had been observable just a year ago, and again last February. As every true follower of fashion knows, there are two months in the year when the couturiers open their magnificent salons to the view of a favored few, display their latest triumphs of design, reveal what the well-dressed woman will wear for the next six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Haute Couture | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

Chrysler Corp. has gone into the low-priced field with the throttle wide open. Item A: the new Plymouth, a four-cylinder car, with Silver-Dome high-compression engine which uses any gasoline, capable of a speed of more than 60 miles per hour, selling for $670 (roadster, coupe) up to $725 (four-door sedan). Item B: the new De Soto, a six-cylinder car selling for less than $1,000. In performance and appearance, it is similar to the new Chrysler 65, a slightly more expensive car. "Much for little" is the idea behind the De Soto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Motors, Models | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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