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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Winding up his argument and pinning responsibility squarely on the Tycoons themselves, he described the right sort of salesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Wise Wales | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...made. The men in whose hands rests the unenviable responsibility of breaking the ground for this undertaking would give a good deal to be able to occupy our places as university undergraduates for a few days; for there are many of the thoughts of youth, psychological shifts of one sort or another, which come to these older men through the haze, be it ever so faint, of memory. And, though to age belongs wisdom, in youth there is a degree of sound instinct, together with the normal allotment of human nature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Opinion Not Wanted | 2/28/1929 | See Source »

Manhattan and its neighborhood last week was struggling to get out of its commercial airport muddle. It was the sort of struggle which other U. S. communities may be obliged to face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Airports | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...autogiro's most valuable feature is that it can descend almost vertically, and on almost any sort of field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Pitcairn-Autogiro | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...opus is a sort of chant for four men's voices with piano accompaniment. Its title is Capital, Capitals. It is supposed to represent a conversation among the four capitals of Provence-Aix, Aries, Avignon and Beaux-and according to Composer Thomson "is not about anything any more than any pleasant conversation is about anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Stein's Way | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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