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...echoes from outside began to reecho in Congress. Maryland's Senator Tydings cried that members who voted to go home should be kept there by their constituents. "I couldn't vote for myself if I ran away from duty at this time," declared Arizona's sesquipedalian Senator Ashurst. Sam Rayburn heard much of the same from his colleagues in the House, growled that "a great many of them, if there was a secret ballot, would vote to adjourn. ..." First sign that Congress' public sense of duty might prevail sprang from an even greater phenomenon: a fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On the Job | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

Despite various "alarums and excursions" in the field of diplomatic relations, the world's stability no longer seems to rest entirely upon the ebb and flow of Spain's political fortunes. The dramatic threats of the Soviet and the deep-throated growls of dictatorships alike reecho but are dissipated on the rock of Anglo-French determination to preserve peace. But one country or another may overplay its hand in this game of bluff, with dire consequences for the world. Then Britain, France, and even the not-so-isolated United States will have to decide whether to play the role...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY WITHOUT PEACE | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

Tonight is the Junior Promenade. The class of 1926 and its chosen partners will swing to the rhythmic measures that once more liven Memorial. Once more will the dusty crannies and long-shadowed nooks reecho to light laughter and the patter of satin slippers on a polished floor. To each son of Harvard, the Prom--the prom of his own class--comes but once in a lifetime. But Mem has seen many--Mem has witnessed many a class at its revelry. Perhaps this is the basis of a warmer hold on old graduates than the memory of the numerous meals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ANNUAL WHIRL | 3/6/1925 | See Source »

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