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...afford to be represented by such a marplot."- Now in Kansas, once a strong Wilson state, U. S. Senator Reed praised Woodrow Wilson, implied his association with the onetime President in the passage of a popular law. Newsgatherers smiled as they wired the material out of which editors could snip sharp editorials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Speech in Osawatomie | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moose Pap | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

...Minnie Levine. Out came Mrs. Levine with a pair of scissors. Mr. Berardi ground them for her on his scissors-grinder as expertly as he could. Mrs. Levine eyed the result, her lips in a purse of doubt. Suddenly she seized Mr. Berardi by his baggy trousers. Snip! Before you could say "Spaghetti" she had sliced a gaping moon out of one trouser, right at the knee. Ventilated, humilitated Mr. Berardi rushed to court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moose Pap | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

...Dakotans, according to Judge McFarland. Though North Dakota has Deen a Non-Partisan League stronghold, the delegation agreed that should the President wish a call from the people for another term, he could hear the desired voice merely by turning his ear toward his neighbors in the north. ¶"Snip!" went shears in the hands of John Mays, White House valet, "snip, snip, snip!" The President was having his hair cut. Not unduly selfconscious, the President had the operation performed on the State Lodge porch while, despatches reported, "many tourists stopped to gaze at the sight." ¶ Prudence Prim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Jul. 25, 1927 | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...That's the finest gift I ever had in my life," said President Machado of Cuba, as he last week boarded a snip for Havana. The gift was an autographed photograph of President Coolidge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: May 16, 1927 | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

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