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...issued his first formal public statement in ten years. In the diplomatic third person, he pronounced false any reports that he was not heart and soul with his son. "It has been an unpleasant duty for him [the son], but one which in all good conscience he could not shirk," said Father Rockefeller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rockefeller v. Stewart | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Candidate Smith, like many another U. S. statesman and politician, enjoys an occasional cocktail and highball, relishes a stein of cool Münchener beer. Candidate Smith is no alcoholic, no inebriate. Neither secretaries nor friends can recall when overindulgence has forced him to shirk his official duties.' Unless all who drink are drinking men, TIME would not classify him as a drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 2, 1928 | 7/2/1928 | See Source »

...today, he still is all too willing to shirk the duties of this life and lend ear to the enticement offered in the presence of Mr. Joseph Tantner who will sing songs of Schubert and Schumann at the invitation of Professor Ballentine, in the Music Building at 10 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/17/1928 | See Source »

...wheel-horse" is faithful, hardworking, unpicturesque, seeking no glory for his labor, ever ready to perform tasks for the organization when others shirk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bannard Out | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

Young Historians Shirk Reading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO SURVEY DEARTH OF PH.D. SCHOLARS | 11/2/1926 | See Source »

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