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Hoover, the archenemy of the farmer, we shall have debated from now until the date of the convention. Hoover, the amateur in politics, is pretty generally forgotten. Hoover, the radical, no longer troubles the bond salesman's slumber. Hoover, the British patriot, we shall have with us whenever Senator Reed is on the scene. Discount these four Hoovers. What sort of a Hoover have we left...

Author: By Charles Merz, | Title: Presidential Possibilities | 3/16/1928 | See Source »

Transported yon by slumber's magic spells...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union of Three Muses Features Dedication of Fogg Art Museum | 6/21/1927 | See Source »

...slumber, I'll nap and I'll drouse...

Author: By R. T. S., | Title: THE CRIME | 4/16/1927 | See Source »

Finally, in a blaze of glory, the day at court closes, and once again you are permitted to peep into a Queen's boudoir. Once again the ladies of the Court dance attendance, and while the curtain descends, Her Royal Highness slowly sinks to slumber. It's a touching scene, so leave early if you are easily moved to tears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red-Headed Queen Features in Eighty-First Annual Pudding Riot--Chorus is Sylph-Like | 4/7/1927 | See Source »

...make "Babbitt" more exhilarating. The original Babbitt-George F.-as created by Author Sinclair Lewis, possessed the following: Head-large, pink, heavy. Hair-brown, thin, dry. Nose-Sloping, blunt, heavy spectacle-dented. Chin-overfleshed, strong. Cheeks-pads. Hands-puffy, unroughened. Body-well-fed. Legs-thick. Feet-plump. Expression in slumber-babyish. Expression in thought-"gets things done." General expression - extremely married, prosperous. Clothes - standard, brown or gray; white piping in vest. (He would feel naked without fountain pen and silver pencil in vest pocket.) Neck-tie-purple knitted or tapestry with stringless brown harps among blown palms; snakehead stickpin with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 16, 1926 | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

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