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Kentucky's Joseph E. Robinson: For the party to sponsor the 18th Amendment or its modification would overshadow all other issues and probably defeat our party. . . . There can be no settlement of the Prohibition question. It is a never-ending controversy. I do not favor a declaration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Raskob on Cancer | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

Like the valet, the students do not see the many excellent qualities of their school, which outsiders recognize and appreciate. Perhaps because of the years of tradition, such New England universities as Harvard and Yale are apt to overshadow a younger school like Boston University and warp the student's outlook on the excellencies of this institution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/27/1931 | See Source »

...without reservation the example set by a republican President. He realizes that cooperation between the states and the nation is the quickest way to bring this country out of the depression and to reduce the number of our unemployed. He is broad-minded enough not' to let party affiliations overshadow the imperative needs of the times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS | 1/9/1931 | See Source »

...which he has tampered. The proper ratio between these two elements of undergraduate life pertains solely to the individual, and in seeking it it would do no harm to bear in mind the remark of Woodrow Wilson to the effect that the side shows should not be allowed to overshadow the big tent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEADS AND SHOULDERS | 1/8/1931 | See Source »

...these overshadow the four New York banks of last week's news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four into One | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

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