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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sufficed the hearing and the sight to know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/1/1938 | See Source »

...Roosevelt brand of insurance. In his first year with Sargent, James acquired $67,000 worth of independence. Business improved each succeeding year until James-now the richest of the Roosevelts excepting possibly his grandmother-is estimated to be worth half a million dollars. And the end is not in sight: James resigned the presidency of his firm when he went to work at the White House, but he still draws half the profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Modern Mercury | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

Extending far up into the sky was a vivid red, which later faded to a milky way effect. The sight had a peculiar reaction on our student body, which, two years ago, endured a double tornado with mingled excitement and horror. Without a doubt, Gainesville, Ga. is the city for unusual weather. ANNE BARBARA GLENN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...week that Christians of every stamp would be unfavorably impressed by what was sure to be said at the trial of Martin Niemoller. His seven children, as they crowded forward with their mother for the first glimpse they had had in seven months of Dr. Niemoller, were a pathetic sight to touch all hearts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Dynamite | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...chariot wheels from Ben Hur, a papier-mache elephant from Face the Music, highfalutin gear from Shakespeare revivals, tinsel & gilt from Follies, Scandals, Gaieties. On one single night in 1905 John Cain moved eight shows (94 loads, 654 pieces). His son was always on hand for closings, and the sight of him in the audience required quarts of brandy to steady the actors' nerves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Graveyard Interred | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

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