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Word: periodical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Turkey prescribes that each new Grand National Assembly shall elect from among the assembled deputies a President of the Republic. The life of an Assembly is for four years and the term of the presidential office is ipso facto for the same period. There is no opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Re-elected | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...Significance. Mark Sullivan has made a new definition of history. While wars and elections, battles and discoveries are a part of the record of a given period, they are really important only as they hint at the mood or character of the people who take part in them. To understand a nation, it is necessary to know more than its constitution and its language; the more complete history becomes, the more humble, the more complex and the more exciting it becomes. But as it grows more complex it grows harder to write; selection becomes a game of chance; order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Humble History | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

Aided by the great kicking and running of S. L. Batchelder '31, the University Freshman clung tenaciously to a six point lead, established in the second period of their contest with the Yale first year eleven, last Saturday, to win from their heavier Eli rivals. This is the second successive victory that a Harvard Freshman team has chalked up against the Blue since E. L. Casey '19 took over the Crimson coaching job, and also marks the close of an undefeated season for the 1931 eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN CLING TO SIX POINT LEAD IN ELI CLASH | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...book because in a way it is a tablet of personal reminiscences. The younger people of today, however, the people of college age, form the real vanguard of Sullivan's larger public. They hear witness to the success of his experiment, for he has re-created a period of transition for them, a period with which they have had little or no direct contact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR TIMES | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...second half with its full strength on the field the Crimson team sent the ball into the net twice in succession. W. R. Daniellian '28 accounted for the first of these scores while L. L. Driggs '28 made the second while the third marker came in the last period when P. T. Haskell '28 evaded the Brown backs and shot the ball into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY WINS EASILY FROM BROWN SOCCERISTS | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

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