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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Before performing that act and uttering the pledge that precedes it, Mr. Hoover will undoubtedly repair to the Friends Meeting House and silently dedicate himself in Quaker fashion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Inaugural | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Electric lights first gleamed in the eyes of President Harrison (1890). When President McKinley gave public receptions the house was in such ill repair that the sagging floors had to be shored up with beams in the basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: History | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...concrete. The Navy had asked for $417,000,000 to maintain its present men, ships, yards. The House Appropriations Committee pondered and recommended $352,000,000. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur complained that the Navy is not prepared for war, that many ships are inactive due to lack of repair funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Ships and New | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...open end of the Stadium is the most practical solution of the problem. The preservation of the straightaway track is insured by a tunnel under the stands. These seats are permanent inasmuch as they will remain intact as long as the Stadium itself is in a serviceable state of repair. At the end of that time, however, they may prove further usefulness by accommodating spectators at baseball games. But as long as they remain an integral part of the Stadium, they will provide more comfortable seats than nearly 18,000 football enthusiasts have occupied lately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STEELING THE STADIUM | 2/6/1929 | See Source »

...Hardin, last week, Wheatgrower Campbell sailed on the Ile de France, to offer verbally his suggestions to the Soviet government and Dictator Josef Stalin. He will suggest the purchase of $100,000 worth of farm machinery, $50,000,000 worth of trucks. He will urge the immediate construction and repair of Soviet roads. Whatever U. S. wheatgrowers may lose from the recovery of Russia's export position will have been gained by U. S. machinery manufacturers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Biggest Campbell | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

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