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...Recently the Tokyo Miyako Shimbun gained access to bundles of examination papers of students trying for jobs in Manchukuo with the Ministry of Railways. Samples: 1) Marconi. The Crown Prince of Ethiopia; the President of France; roast hog. 2) Hindenburg. The Premier of Denmark; Capital of Germany; a business quarter in England; an Australian port where woolen is exported. 3) Movement against cooperative societies. The birth control movement as advocated by Sanger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Keeper of Peace | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

...price of a "Georgian Special." Net profit, $4.00. A little systematic study and execution of the plan, say a student a day, would have brought in the hard-driving instructor a tidy revenue of almost $2.50 a week, depending on how long the wife could make the cold roast beef last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 4/21/1934 | See Source »

...calf would make a brake stand, but realizing that he was outnumbered three to one, and overwhelmed by this careful planning, the animal surrendered without a bawl. Ten minutes later the calf was once more safely ensconced in the Packing Company's truck, on his way to become "roast prime ribs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miniature Rodeo Staged by City Policeman in Front of Yard Gate---Cop Bests Bawling Calf | 1/16/1934 | See Source »

...Roast Prime Ribs 13. Elementary Organic and Linguistic Torture...

Author: By I. D., | Title: THE CRIME | 9/25/1933 | See Source »

Patriarch Nakayama & party heartily enjoy the U.S., especially relishing strawberry ice cream, roast beef and fried chicken but regretting the lack of good boiled rice. The Patriarch greatly desired to go to Chicago by airplane but his five secretaries put their feet down. "Suppose you crashed?" said they. In Manhattan Patriarch Nakayama thrice visited the Empire State Building. He admired St. Patrick's Cathedral because he believes Tenrikyo has much in common with Roman Catholicism - its ritual is complicated and he as Patriarch wears elaborate robes. (But Tenrikyo includes rhythmic dances, camp-meetings.) One of Japan's best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Patriarch in the U. S. | 8/28/1933 | See Source »

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