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In Paris the heart of Aristide Briand, Europe's Great Pacifier, failed last week. A few days before what would have been his 70th birthday he died in his small bachelor home. He had been eleven times Premier of France. Called the Master Parliamentarian of Europe, he was also Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Death of Briand | 3/14/1932 | See Source »

"Hadley, Edwin Marshall--b. Peoria, Ill. Oct. 14, 1872, eighth in lineal descent from Edward Fitz Randolph, from Nottinghamshire to N. E. 1630. With others organized the Dudley Coffee Co. (importers) and the Ceylon Planters Tea Co. (and many others) One of organizers Ill. Reserve Militia. Chicago Boy Scout Committeeman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 3/11/1932 | See Source »

Hyde Park, in London, is the favorite spot for any man with a Grievance. Here he can talk his head off on any subject from evolution to revolution, to an audience which comes to cheer or boo him, then goes home rejoicing over the free entertainment, to think no more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMON ORATORY | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

In Boston, at the present time, a prospective open-air orator must obtain a permit before he can speak. Usually such requests are granted; it is always possible, however, to prevent speeches on undesirable subjects by refusing the necessary authorization. Limitations which have been laid down in this way have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMON ORATORY | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

In appearance he is small, lean and wiry. His thin face is tanned a reddish brown. His stubbly brown hair he wears cut short and upright. His clothes are expensively conservative. On the floor he usually sits erect and silent, hands folded attentively in his lap. On the rare occasions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 8, 1932 | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

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