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...underneath they were supposed to bear the seal of the Federation, two clasped hands. But when the posters were distributed a square of white paper was pasted over the seal. Those who peered closely at the paper could discern through it the outlines of some jokester's prank. The posters had been printed not with two clasped hands but with two clenched fists shaking at each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Trouble to Be Shot | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...last week, when this news reached the Committee on Militarism in Education, the Committee's Secretary publicly complained to the Secretary of War, who turned the matter over to Chief of Staff Malin Craig, who ordered a thorough investigation. Explained the unit's Major Arthur Bowen: "A prank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: R. O. T. C. Trouble | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

...harmless. The white powder: sugar. Federal authorities scratched their heads, admitted that no statute forbids the mailing of junk, however fearfully disguised. To Chancellor Flint, who was vacationing with his wife in Miami, Fla. the School of Architecture closed the incident by sending a round-robin apology for the prank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fun at Syracuse | 3/23/1936 | See Source »

...Prank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 2, 1935 | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

...having shot them all dead. It subsequently develops that the parties had just knocked off an armored truck full of bookmakers' money and were waiting to see Marco about an old matter involving a hijacked brewery. It occurs to Marco at once that it would be a funny prank to distribute the cadavers over the lawns of various visitors at the resort who have in times past offended him. All this becomes vastly complicated when Marco's daughter suddenly returns home with the news that she is engaged to a rich young aristocrat from Dutchess County, and when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Sep. 23, 1935 | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

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