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It quickly came to be perceived that Mr. Stephenson's nominees seldom lost. He conducted campaigns with just the right combination of lavishness and precision; the Mayors of three important Indiana cities looked on him with great respect and the members of legislative committees called at his home before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KU KLUX KLAN: Gentlemen from Indiana | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

On the other hand there are pedants and scholars in this country sufficient to place a Widener Library containing annotated editions of the minor poets of all times on the Main street of every village. Excellent men, lovers of poetry, they are in no sense creative--and can inspire scholarship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FILM OF FANCY | 10/14/1926 | See Source »

Her Netherlandic Majesty's Twelfth Regiment marched mile after mile with stolid precision one day last week toward Assen.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Netherlands: Beer Mutiny | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

Wamoscher of Berlin described the micromanipulator, precision instrument that can operate on objects of microscopic size 1/1000 millimeter (about 1/250,000 in.) in diameter.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: German Renaissance | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

*"Kioto" means "capital," and for nearly eleven centuries Kioto was the capital of Japan. Laid out with mathematical precision 'in 793 by the Emperor Kwammu, the city is still replete with gorgeous temples and handsome public buildings. The city's remarkably pure water supply has made it the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 4, 1926 | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

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