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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With this proportion in mind, observers scanned afresh the statement of M. Stalin. Did he really fear an invasion by the Grand Duke Nikolai? A likely hypothesis seemed to be that Dictator Stalin was talking chiefly for home consumption. He and the Communist party cannot fail to benefit by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Grand Duke v. Dictator | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

"I do not know," admitted Mr. Hearst, "what proportion of the circulation of a newspaper may be attributed to the publication of crime news. . . ." Mr. Hearst was recently elected honorary president of the American Crime Study Commission, an organization of which Bradford Merrill, general manager of the Hearst newspapers, is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hearst on Crime | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

It is possible that there are ways of spending a more strenuous few days than Commencement Week in Cambridge, but they must be comparatively few. Leading the list of such exceptional pastimes would rank the activities of the men who will man the Crimson sweeps on the turgid waters of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROW IN WISDOM | 6/23/1927 | See Source »

If Chicago presents a cab problem, New York City presents a greater. Chief City Magistrate William McAdoo last fortnight deplored the presence of 17,000 cabs, most of them plying night and day in the congested runways of an island only 12½by12½ miles. Competition between the 17...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cabbies | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

The proportion of men who are held directly responsible for summer tutorial reading is comparatively small. The cases in which the reading is optional are, on the other hand, very large. Few Libraries are as accessible and as adequate as Widener Library; consequently the books assigned are in the majority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOOKWORM TURNS | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

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