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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Youth: ". . . A Government that does not constantly seek to live up to the ideals of its young men and women falls short of what the American people have a right to expect and demand from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoover's Speech | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...through Moses. It is in the Old Testament-recorded in Exodus, twentieth chapter, sixteenth verse. Jesus's teaching was yet higher. He taught that love is the fulfillment of the law, and therefore the true basis of fellowship. The New Testament throughout teaches that we are 'to seek the truth in love' (Eph. 4:15), and that is precisely what I did last Sunday night in speaking of yourself and your most unhappy record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Deadliest Foe | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...paltering of political judges and in part to our too liberal laws. We do not give enough attention to the selection of our judges and prosecuting attorneys. "5) The apathy and indifference of our best citizens toward their duty as citizens. Those best qualified to serve as jurors seek to avoid the service because of its discomforts or because they dislike to leave their business. "6) Unrestricted traffic in firearms. . . . And Retiring-President Strawn went further. He faced what has been going on around him in Chicago ever since Prohibition. He said: "The crime surveys show that crimes of violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Crime, Rex | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

Alvaro Obregon, born in the remote hamlet of Huatabampo, Sonora, 850 miles northwest of Mexico City, was solemnly returned thither, last week, to seek honest, humble rest. Over his grave will rise no ornate tombstone but at the head will rest a Crown of Clay, baked hard as porcelain. By this traditional symbol, the Republic of Mexico, which cannot crown a living hero, is accustomed to pay royal homage to the Heroic Dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Must keep calm! | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

...first seven-reel all-talkie, is made by Vitaphone (Warner Brothers). It was undoubtedly put together in a hurry; but as an experiment, like the first hot-dog sandwich, it is a palpable hit. The story concerns a young man and a girl who left a small town to seek Manhattan fortune. The girl dances in a nightclub. The proprietor makes advances. The young man is forced into the bootlegging business, though he would rather be a barber. It ends, after several murders, with a philosophical detective advising the young couple to go back to the country. Members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jul. 23, 1928 | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

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