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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Quick to use the Adams speech as a wedge to drive farther apart the two elements of the Republican party was Mississippi's Senator Pat Harrison, archironist of the Democrats. Tongue in cheek, he prodded and pummeled the achy joints of the Senate G. O. P. Surely, he said, Secretary Adams did not mean to include in his list Senator Borah, who had "rendered greater service to the Republican party in the campaign and contributed more to its victory" than Herbert Hoover himself. Senator Brookhart, of all Republicans one of the least Regular, asked if Secretary Adams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: No. 6 Man | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

...surroundings of East Boston. Obviously the article was not meant as a reflection on the people living in East Boston. It was merely an effort to improve conditions under which the students are living, and the reference to the East Boston district may or may not have been pat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sense and Sensibility | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

...have been in daily contact with the University's athletic problems for many years are heartily in favor of it. Since the Corporation is not technically qualified and is forced to get all its information on the problem at second hand, their stolid stand-pat attitude is particularly obnoxious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. ENDOWMENT | 5/3/1929 | See Source »

...Pat Sirs: From one who is reluctant to write a "Dear Editor" letter, to those who constantly write them, this cartoon by Webster seemed pat! In case you have not seen it (though as it is copied* from the New York World the chances are you have)-it seemed to me to fit so many of the captious readers you apparently have (and are not alone in this). Do most people read for the pleasure of being critical and not for the absorbing interest of the knowledge gained? From one who admires the magazine's style and learns much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 29, 1929 | 4/29/1929 | See Source »

...Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City (Universal). Long before their shadows could speak, the Cohens and the Kellys were funny in Manhattan, in Paris. Now on the beach they promote a bathing suit business. Seeing his daughter going away with young Pat Kelly, Cohen telegraphs the Atlantic City police please they should arrest Cohen and Kelly, so the police arrest Cohen Sr. and old Mrs. Kelly arriving there to bring back young Kelly and Cohen; and then Mrs. Cohen and Papa Kelly come to jail too and Mr. Cohen is so crazy-acting they padlock him alongside an ugly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 1, 1929 | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

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