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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those who prefer to ski nearer Cambridge, the following places are recommended: the hills in Groton, the Winchester Country Club, and the Commonwealth Country Club. A small charge is made in some places in Groton...
...radio and the press will find ample co-operation, when the time comes, from clergymen and judges. The naive young men who refuse to fight in an aggressive war will soon be convinced that their bleeding country gasps for their protection. For the few conscientious objectors who resolutely prefer prison to fighting will probably be provided punishment sufficiently convincing to discourage others...
...figure that the loss incurred annually by TIME from such cancellations cannot be heavy, but all the same I am quite sure that you prefer $5 . . in your bank balance, rather than in that of your ex-subscriber. So here is what I suggest...
...President to ask his fellow citizens to give him such a sum for disposal as he saw fit was without precedent. To most citizens, however, it did not come as a shock. Most of them would undoubtedly prefer to trust him, rather than Congress, with $4,000,000,000. What made that one casually sensational sentence historic was that, if Congress gives the President what he wants, the centre of authority in the U. S. will shift far from the point where it has reposed for a century and a half. In the long range picture no other part...
...what is meant by the lack of inflection in the voice and the complete absence of expression on the face." Writing of English millinery they call attention to "the tailored felt, worn en bash over the eyebrows or well back on the head, its slant depending on whether you prefer to have the rain pour down your back or your chest." Of food: "Toast: Is a cold, hard fact faced by the cook the instant she rises and then set aside to get colder and harder while the rest of the meal is being prepared." Of party manners: "You will...