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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There had been another battle down in Little Egypt,± and of all the places for a good machine-gun-spattering, bomb-throwing fight there was none better, than the late "Shady Rest." Not far from Herrin, Ill., it was the pastoral citadel of Charles Birger, bootlegger, gunman, gang chieftain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ruin | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

"Comrades, I cannot imagine that there is in the whole world a woman capable of refusing to dance with a Turkish officer. Your profession is the most glorious and the most honorable. The whole country counts on you. So, I repeat, I cannot imagine that there is a woman capable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Dance! | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

It is a distinct relief to hear that the Committee on Character and Fitness of Applicants for Admission to the New York Bar has decided that a college degree should be required of all applicants. Almost all of the college graduates applying for admission to the legal profession have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARD KNOCKS VS. HISTORY | 1/11/1927 | See Source »

Samuel Untermeyer, corporation lawyer: "My counsel fees are among the highest in the profession. For $100 no one can hire me to walk out my office door, if that walking displeases me. Yet last week I was given a fee of $83.75 for representing Allen R. Ryan, son of Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 27, 1926 | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

Other gentlemen of the profession expressed a moderate skepticism, They pointed out that narcosan was not a new composition. A Hungarian biochemist, Alexander S. Horoyitz, invented it years ago in Cincinnati, tried some experiments on addicts in the local jail, patented his solution. In 1921 it was rejected by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Narcosan | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

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