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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subject of war but those who knew him were at once surprised by his unexpected eloquence: "America will not start the next war, but thanks to the enterprise of our empire builders, America will be able to stop it, Slow to start, but sure to finish, is our record in war. And this should be a warning to trouble-seekers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Eloquent Warrior | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

...Pullman's Pride," 3.7-pound White Leghorn hen, went to Washington State Agricultural College, where she learned to eat standard college laying-rations. Last week she laid her 337th egg in 365 days, nearly a world's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pinkerton Academy | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

...University of British Columbia has an academic hen which laid 348 eggs in a year, the record (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pinkerton Academy | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

Seat. Again the record price of a New York Stock Exchange seat has mounted-to $158,000 in one instance last week. This was immediately topped by another sale for $160,000. The previous record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business Notes, Nov. 22, 1926 | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

...Mexico-Tomas Zafiro and Leonicio San Miguel, Tarahumara Indians-ran 62½ miles (100 kilometres) in 9 hrs. 37 min. Mexican sportsmen asked to have the record accepted as official, petitioned for a 100-kilometre race in the next Olympic games. Newspapermen sought out Zafiro and San Miguel. "We are strong," they replied, "because we live in the open air. We wear, in daylight, cloths around our privities; at night we cover ourselves with the skins of beasts. We eat, four times a day, frijoles1 and chili with tortillas.2 Also we like deer meat, chickens, turtles, lizards and rabbits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: In Mexico | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

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