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Dates: during 1920-1929
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About that time. I became acquainted with TIME. It seemed independent and it seemed human in spite of some failings in my sight, and I said to myself: "I've lost one friend, but I'm not too old to make another." From that day to this, TIME has been my friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Points of View | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

...What business has the Navy over the mountains, anyways? Their mission is out in the water- not only out in the water but under the water, out of sight, away from the land. That is why we have the navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Harsh Words | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

When the New Turks became lusty, Admiral Bristol (without instruction from the U. S. State Department) told them to quit massacring Armenians. They quit. With similar effect he told the Greeks to control themselves at the sight of a Turk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Famed Bristol | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

...With his departure Washington-ward definitely in sight, the President for the first time opened the doors of White Court to the public and greeted callers. Delegations and individuals poured in by motor. By train, by street car and by the aid of his pedal extremities came Robert J. Taylor, 80-year-old bewhiskered Negro elevator operator, who has carried 15 Governors of Massachusetts up and down the Boston State House. The President, who was one of the Governors whom Mr. Taylor had levitated, shook his hand in amiable recognition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Sep. 7, 1925 | 9/7/1925 | See Source »

...accident befell a little girl, Elna Barnes. Her father decided not to play. Macfarlane, who has been going to an occulist all year because his altering sight had effected his putting, found that he had to have his glasses changed. Brady, for reasons unmentioned, also withdrew. So of the four favorite sons, Macdonald Smith alone was left, and on him the know-it-alls fixed their hopes. Among his 261 competitors were such men as Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Leo Diegal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Western Open | 8/31/1925 | See Source »

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