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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Just what would be the result if Max Baer would smash a bull, or even a cow, in the middle of the forehead with his bare fist, using every ounce of strength he possessed? Did Dempsey ever engage in similar fisticuffs with any similar animal, and what was the outcome? And the same for John L. Sullivan. I have one friend who says the animal would die, whether from the blow or old age I do not know. Another says the animal would be rendered unconscious. Still another insists that the animal would be bowled over, at least knocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 16, 1934 | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

...their elders relinquish control, they are naturally anxious to see that their heritage shall not turn out to be a mess of pottage. They are the ones on whom will rest in large measure the burden of paying the freight on the post-war joy ride and the subsequent smash; and whatever follies may have been or are likely to be committed in the name of reconstruction will also loom large on the bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON-DIGEST POLL | 5/26/1934 | See Source »

...expulsions that followed these anti-war and anti-R.O.T.C. activities make manifest to us the calculative manner in which authorities in our leading universities are trying to smash the student anti-war movement. We are convinced that student protests such as these are commendable, and we therefore wish to go on record as demanding the immediate reinstatement of these expelled students. Further, we feel that the R.O.T.C. should be abolished in all institutions, and the funds that have been utilized for its maintenance should be diverted to the building and furtherance of free schools and colleges. (signed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: R.O.T.C. and Education | 4/26/1934 | See Source »

...building the first factory in the U. S. designed solely for automobile production. In a few years the early curve-dash Oldsmobile runabout was the fastest selling car in the country (5,000 units annually) and "In My Merry Oldsmobile" was a smash song hit. But Mr. Olds had differed with his backers and retired, a millionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Reo Tussle | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

Plymouth -- "Potter's Field". Paul Green's smash hit centering about the simple Negro love of Tom Sterling and Millie Wilson has already captured Boston audiences. Top price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merry-go-Round | 4/20/1934 | See Source »

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