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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Son Allan, able, studied hard, caught up, was graduated with his Class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Able Allen | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

Ballyhooed by this handbill, "Doc" Rockefeller witched dollars out of the pop-eyed citizenry of Midwestern hamlets before the Civil War. Husky, usurious, "Doc" believed sharping made the victim sharp. Hence didactic William sharped his own son out of board-money. That son, grateful for sharpness thus acquired, was, is, John Davison Rockefeller, "world's richest man," whose ninetieth birthday comes next week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Doctor's Son | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...Emperor of China. But the latter was a degenerate. His energy was spent in painting the town violet. Ye-Ho-No-La's problem was to convert the imperial energy to her own use, to induce the Emperor to condescend enough to let her bear him an heir. A son she bore and not only covered herself with glory but became as well the famed Dowager Empress of China (1835-1908). She commanded China's 500 millions, decapitated numerous missionaries, took her fun where she found it, including the Yong-Lou of her childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Doctor's Son | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

Author Pettit is a sleek writer with a style naive and beguiling as his characters. He has a flair for provocative titles. His two previous books were called The Elegant Infidelities of Madame Li Pel Foil, The Son of the Grand Eunuch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Doctor's Son | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

Root Jr., son of an Elder Statesman, saved the situation. Said he: "Yes, Your Majesty, we recognized you." The other owner and skipper, Paul Hammond, kept his eyes on the sails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Again, Nina | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

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