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Prohibition was reserved for a closing paragraph. President Coolidge called upon all states and "all our inhabitants" to help federal enforcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Test has Come | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...facts are these: A small portion of the Ivy Oration--the last paragraph--was a series of quotations from the Address, slightly modified to cover the existing situation. There was nothing startling about that. Everything from "Give me liberty or--" to the Book of Genesis has been subject to that sort of thing, with small damage to them or the feelings of sensitive listeners. The contention that I was trying to ridicule or undermine the memory of a great figure and a great occasion is unjust, and unwarranted by a single phrase, express or implied, in the Ivy Oration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Internal Evidence | 12/1/1928 | See Source »

Governor Hunt has been absolutely honest. I put this statement in a paragraph by itself for it is outstanding. In all the six terms as Governor, there has never been the least suspicion ever breathed against Hunt in this connection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Japanese Ears | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

...dictated and redictated a paragraph about the future: "Every man when he is elected to office is entitled to a full, fair chance to make good, and Mr. Hoover should have the assistance of every citizen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Exit | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...since 1860 and the benefits which it has brought all our inhabitants are unsurpassed. Our population which was then about 31,500,000 has risen to about 118,000,000. Our wealth of about $16,000,000,000 is now conservatively estimated at $350,000,000,000 . . . [a solid paragraph of figures]. . . . These figures illustrate our progress. . . . [nine more paragraphs of figures and material items]. . . . These figures, which would be cold and uninteresting in themselves, when we realize that they illustrate the life and development of our country cannot fail to have a deep fascination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Nettle | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

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