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Thereupon wise, 50-year-old Pastor Hay, husky, six-foot father of three, proceeded to sketch his idea of what such a book should say. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Neophytes | 7/1/1935 | See Source »

...possibly be His Majesty's youngest son the Duke of Kent. Last week Lord Bessborough further miffed Canadians by insisting that his youngest son, aged 3, should see papa open Canada's Senate and House of Commons. As usual the vice-Regal tot arrived guarded by a six-foot, red-jacketed Canadian Royal Mounted Policeman, pistol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Hard Times Broken | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

...from the Permian Red Beds of north central Texas. From that ancient ground Diggers Theodore White and Llewellyn Price plucked a rust-colored fossil egg, three inches long, which they estimated to be 225,000,000 years old. All evidence indicated that the egg was laid by Ophiacodon, a six-foot reptile with ponderous head and meagre limbs. Last week Harvard announced that the world's senior egg is now on exhibition in its Museum of Comparative Zoology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

...been pared to 16 men, of which but four are Sophomores. No one of these has been regularly on the first string in practice, although Leavitt White, captain of last year's yearling quintet, has been pushing Dan Comfort hard for a berth on the starting five. Bill Gray, six-foot seven inch Freshman center of yesteryear, has the substitute center position to himself, and is expected to see considerable action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. IS FIRST OPPONENT FOR BASKETBALL TEAM | 12/5/1934 | See Source »

...been prepared as a visual object lesson. In the centre of the room was a small table. On the table was a red plush Catalan liberty cap and a rocking chair. Balanced on the seat of the chair was a yellow shaded table lamp. There were also two six-foot loaves of French bread on the mantelpiece and a banner with a strange device: a white skull, a key, a leaf, a woman's slipper and the letters DALI...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Frozen Nightmares | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

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