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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Neat and polished biography of the distinguished New Englander who wrote The Country of the Pointed Firs, "that little masterpiece."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Good Life | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

Last week Germany's Reichstag and Ministry of Justice, bold in their new republicanism, seriously considered legalizing death by professional prescription. Advocates argued that euthanasia has become common in the Reich. Opponents pointed out that no one man has the moral balance to decide on another's death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Manhattan Birth Control | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

Such alumni pointed to Girard Trustee Francis Shunk Brown, an attorney who has often friended Pennsylvania's U. S. Senator-suspect William Scott Vare, and to Albert M. Greenfield, a realtor recently elected to the Board of Trustees. Realtor Greenfield has been a large contributor to Vare election funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Taft on Feather-Heads | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

For example, there is the matter of the "high table" which is promised for the Master and tutors. One wonders what place in the social scheme these faculty tables will occupy. Used as a permanent separation in the dining hall the "high table" might, as the CRIMSON has before pointed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOWN TO HARD PAN | 5/23/1929 | See Source »

The living quarters of the house are several feet above the ground giving it, the appearance of a bushy tree. The structure is hexagonal in shape, suspended from a central tower by cables. The inventor uses for the main theory of his work the principle that triangles and hexagons are...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unique Dynamic House of Arborial Design Will Solve Future Dwelling Problems--Inventor Claims Harmony With Nature | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

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