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...hilltop of one of the many hills on the ranch, where they live, is crowned by beautiful buildings of Spanish architecture surrounded by beautiful gardens of ever-blooming, gorgeous flowers and orchards of orange, peach and cherry trees. The interior of these houses, one of which presents the aspect of an old cathedral in Southern Spain, and the other three-guest houses*-are furnished and finished to harmonize with the exterior of these beautiful buildings. Old doors and door frames, mantels, beds, tables, cabinets, priceless wood carvings, paintings, tapestries from famous places in Italy, Spain and France of the 13th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Foreign Minister | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

Newsgatherers asked later what the two had talked about. "About three minutes," grinned the Mayor. He said President Coolidge was "a peach;" Postmaster General New, "all to the good;" Attorney General Sargent, "pretty hard-boiled;" Secretary Mellon, "one of the most delightful personalities I ever met. I can see why people who know him like Mr. Mellon. I liked him first rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Again, Walker | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...follows. They stated the obvious fact that a small ship costs less than a large one, and then pointed out that their plan called for many ships individually smaller than those proposed by the U. S. delegation. Thus the British said in effect: "We want cherries and you want peaches. A cherry costs less than a peach, and therefore our plan is the cheaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Parley Fails | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

Trees-22 apple, 14 peach, 4 pear, 60 grape vines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Average Farm | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

...William H. Felton of Cartersville, Ga., is the type of woman to whom people are always giving laudatory titles-"the outstanding woman of the South," "Georgia's Grand Old Lady," "Good Mother Felton," "Georgia's Oldtime Peach." And who can say that Mrs. Felton does not deserve them? It is true that sh? sat in the U. S. Senate for only two days in 1922, but no other woman has ever sat there as a member. It is true that other women have reached the age of 91, but how many of them rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Felton v. Bankers | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

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