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...With Pistols. Raul Damonte Taborda had charged that Colonel Rottjer, while Interventor in Buenos Aires Prov ince, permitted fraudulent election practices, thereby disgracing the uniform he wore. That was why the two men faced each other now. Wrists had been band aged, heavy double-edged sabers examined. The points were sharp as needles; front cutting edges "and the first third of each back edge were razor keen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: A Pheasant Screamed | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

Last week while Germany was grabbing Bohemia and Moravia by the scruffs of their necks and whistling Slovakia home, the little Kingdom of Hungary was being allowed to make a grab of its own in the Carpatho-Ukraine, the easternmost prov ince of now extinct Czecho-Slovakia. Long have Poland and Hungary wanted a common border for protection against Germany. Last fall, when Czecho-Slovakia was amputated, they almost got it. Last week, when Adolf Hitler wiped Czechoslovakia off the map, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Tidbit | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

...therefore to lay Christ on the bottom; as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning; and seeing the Lord only giveth wisedome, let everyone seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of him, Prov...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Modern College Entrance Requirements Are Easy Compared to Those Set for Latin in 1643 | 12/8/1933 | See Source »

Every innholder shall have upon his premises suitable rooms with beds and bedding for the lodging of his guests and, if the licensing authorities so require, be provided with stable-room, hay and prov- ender for their horses and cattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Bess in Boston | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

...therefore to lay Christ in the bottome; as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning; and seeing the Lord only giveth wisedome, let every one seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seek it of him Prov...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admination Requirements of 17th Century Not So Easy--College One of New England's First Fruits | 3/16/1927 | See Source »

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