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In this play Mr. Cohan is the "Dear Old Darling," of course, but what that title really means is "Dear Old Dupe." The precedent of "Kind Lady" is carried on, and the entire plot of the present production is concerned with the machinations of a slippery clan of genteel racketeers...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/19/1936 | See Source »

Near the edge, sticking up not of the water, was a rock with a big sign on it, saying "Definitions of Aggressors and Victims". Above it hung a limb of a tree; its sign saying "Freedom of The Seas, and Neutrality Rights." It was only a short jump, and the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FABLE | 2/11/1936 | See Source »

From the shoulders of these two finds, atomic destruction and transmutation took fresh impetus the world over. Unencumbered by electric charges, neutrons as atom-wreckers are like wrestlers slippery with oil. They slide through the electronic field guarding the nucleus, do not swerve until they strike the hard core. Dr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Prizes | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

Fortunately, the attitude that we're a little lower than the devil, and not to be exposed to the bare truths of human nature, but rather to be deceived into goodness by wooden heroes and lay figures, seems to be passing away. But, even worse, the other extreme has been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/28/1935 | See Source »

For days it had been raining in Switzerland. Leopold of Belgium and Queen Astrid, vacationing in the Villa Haslihorn near Lucerne, sent their three small children back to Brussels. But next morning the sun came out hot and strong, with the promise of a fine day for a mountain climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Death of Astrid | 9/9/1935 | See Source »

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